Archive for April, 2010
Getting behind the camera: Fan Popo
by Nigel Collett, Fridae.com
Chinese film maker, Fan Popo speaks with Fridae.com’s Hong Kong correspondent, Nigel Collett about having his first “gay experience” when he was just three and how he found his calling as a filmmaker.
Valentine’s Day 2010; China Daily’s picture of a lesbian couple from the Beijing Tongzhi Group dressed in wedding dresses on [...]
Mr. Gay China: The Movie
I was present at January’s Mr. Gay China Pageant the night it was suddenly cancelled just an hour before it was set to start. Following the numerous LGBT events that had not been cancelled in 2009, the Mr. Gay China pageant felt like another step toward the community’s “coming out,” making its cancellation all the [...]
Shanghai: No More Gay Bars!
Down the cement stairs to the underground dungeon of Shanghai Studio, the long hallway leads to several roomfuls of men drinking under dim pink, blue and green lights. I squeeze past and my eyes quickly scan every man on my radar: he’s cute, he’s hot, he’s gross, he’s a dork. I feel everyone else’s eyes [...]
Amid family pressures, gays in China turn to marriages of convenience
In China, where homosexuality remains taboo, many gays enter marriages of convenience to satisfy family pressure to wed and have children. While they act like a couple in front of their families, many don’t live together.
A couple presents wedding dress during the Wedding Expo in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, April 9. In [...]
Homosexuality in China: Collateral damage, Neither comrades nor spouses
www.economist.com
“THERE are three ways of being an unfilial son,” argued Mencius, an ancient Confucian philosopher. “The most serious is to have no heir.” The desire for male descendants has had many baleful consequences in China, and in recent years one that used to be hidden has come to light. Millions upon millions of women are [...]
Gay Cruise Ship Docks at Asia’s ports
Written by Jens Kastner，asiasentinel.com
Sailing, Sailing, over the bounding main…
On Tuesday the Azamara Quest, a 30,777 tonne luxury cruise liner is due to arrive in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor at almost exactly the same time the USS Blue Ridge, the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet command and control ship, sails out carrying 1,000 sailors.
The Azamara Quest set [...]
Shanghai’s Top Gay Bars and Clubs
By Andrea Scarlatelli, www.eChinacities.com
For the LGBT community, the pickings here in Shanghai can sometimes be a little thin. Luckily, the city is becoming a little more open every year, with the first annual Shanghai Pride Week in the summer of 2009 proving to be quite the landmark for a country that doesn’t exactly promote being [...]
Hongkong Gay & Lesbian Bars, Cafes
21樓 The Temptation Lesbian Pub
Address: 21/F., The Lamma Tower, 12-12A Hau Fook Street, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Tel: 852-2332-10989
E-mail: temptation_21@live.hk
Hours: 20:30 – 04:00
Details: The only Lesbian Bar located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.
BAR CODE
Address: 6/F Yeung Iu Chi Comm. Bldg., 460-462 Jaffe Road, Causeway Bay, HK
香港銅鑼灣謝斐道460-462號,楊耀熾商業大厦6字樓.
Tel: 2838-3022
C-Dou
Address: 2/F (turn left when you exit [...]
Beijing Massages & Spas for Men
Massage
China Boys Club: Relaxed and convenient men’s body therapy around China. ‘China Boys Club’ will take good care of you when scheduling one of their expert male masseurs.
OutCall 24hrs every day.
Tel: 136-0817-7313 ( English Calls )
http://www.chinaoutcallboy.com/ (click for masseurs )
China Massage: China-Massage is a 5 years’ long male massage agent in china. Their target is [...]
Beijing Gay Bars
Nightspots
Bear Den(YiKu): A bear bar opened from Oct.2007, on 2 levels, the 1st floor has karaoke and the 2nd floor might only open on weekends.
Open daily from 20:00pm till late.
B/F 12 Yumin Lu, North Madian Flyover, North 3rd Ring Rd，Chao-yang District.
Tel: 82250548
http://www.cnbearden.com/
TAXI: 壹酷酒吧。朝阳区马甸桥裕民路12号中国科技会展中心旁院内20米。
DESTINATION: As the most popular gay bar in the city, Destination has [...]
