Archive for July, 2010
Many lament loss after Chinese magazine for gay, AIDS-affected communities closes
by Xinhua writer Yang Dingdu
BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) — A retired colonel in China’s armed police force and a gay, Zhang Guowei was delighted to find an extra-thick copy of “Friend Exchange” had arrived one morning after returning from his morning exercises.
He had been a subscriber to the magazine for the homosexual and AIDS-affected communities [...]
Gay, lesbian community’s pride of place
By Todd Balazovic and William Axford (China Daily)
Drag queens dotted the sidewalks of Solana on Saturday as members of the gay and straight community descended on Langtung Thai Bar to celebrate their “Jing Pride”.
Organized by volunteers from Beijing’s gay community, Jing Pride is one of the first gay pride charity events to take place in [...]
Chinese gays are chasing the elusive rainbow
By Linda Gibson (China Daily)
Watching gay men and lesbians in China struggle for basic rights and dignity is like hurtling through a time warp to the past.
Job discrimination. Social ostracism. Broken-hearted parents. Lives of deception, denial and depression. Police oppression. Brutality from vicious straight men or teenage hoodlums looking for easy targets.
And those are just [...]
