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LGBTQ in China

LGBTQ in China
The latest news, analysis and opinion on LGBTQ in China. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
Liu Yuqiao as the titular transgender sex worker in a still from Cyclone (category: III, Cantonese, Mandarin). Directed by Philip Yung and co-starring Edwynn Li and Jenny Suen.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Cyclone: Philip Yung’s transgender drama is bold, lyrical and divisive

Yung’s tale about a transgender mainland Chinese immigrant woman who finds sanctuary in a Hong Kong brothel is spellbinding if flawed.

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World of performing arts

How one of mainland China’s most influential drag collectives is defying the odds

Art

World’s first Chinese LGBTQ museum spotlights overlooked community

Women and gender

Pride Month 2026 marked by backslide in LGBTQ rights

Pride Month 2026 marked by backslide in LGBTQ rights
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | We’re Nothing at All: Herman Yau’s grim social critique lacks all subtlety

A gripping drama, We’re Nothing at All explores societal apathy through a tragic bus blast – but its heavy-handed approach may deter viewers.

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Trending in China

China wife of gay husband contests estate against his lover, parents after man’s death

Homosexuals posed as ‘father and son’ in public before older of the two was killed in road accident, sparking bitter legal dispute.

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China’s LGBTQ community loses safe spaces as Blued, Finka apps vanish

China’s LGBTQ community loses safe spaces as Blued, Finka apps vanish
Women and gender

China’s LGBTQ community loses key lifeline as Blued, Finka apps vanish

Purge of popular same-sex dating sites from app stores fuels fears about shrinking digital spaces for the country’s LGBTQ community.

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LGBTQ

AI censorship’ of horror film raises fears for China’s LGBTQ cinema

Lunar

Beijing prepares to host women’s summit

Beijing prepares to host women’s summit
Women and gender

‘AI censorship’ of Together raises new fears for future of Chinese LGBTQ films

A public outcry over a scene where a gay couple were turned into a heterosexual one has triggered a wider debate about the use of technology.

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Together’s international distributor said it had not authorised the changes. Photo: Handout
LGBTQ

China’s LGBT creators face growing online censorship

Hong Kong

This week in PostMag: HK’s underground ballroom scene and Chinese fine dining

From Lin Zihan’s innovative approach at Wild Yeast in Hangzhou to the art of voguing, identity and cultural shifts are themes explored this week.

Hong Kong

This week in PostMag: China’s salt capital and a Mekong cruise

Christopher St. Cavish talks China’s ‘salt capital’, David Swanson leads us down a river cruise and Bibek Bhandari remembers 2000s-era Beijing.

The Shenhai Salt Well, in Zigong, Sichuan province, on this week’s PostMag print cover. Photo: Graeme Kennedy
Crime in China

Chinese police target writers of gay erotica with prison terms and heavy fines

The crackdown in Anhui has triggered debates about possible abuses of power and whether the law itself is too heavy-handed.

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Police in China are cracking down on gay-themed erotic fiction, with reports that up to 50 writers have been arrested since June. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong at risk of mpox outbreak as population has low immunity, experts say

World Health Organization has declared mpox outbreaks in Africa public health emergency of international concern.

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Chinese Taipei fans hammer JK Rowling over ‘trans’ comments aimed at boxer

Author, a vocal opponent to trans rights, calls Lin Yu-ting part of the ‘insanity’ of trans athletes competing in women’s sport.

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Art

My tour of Shanghai’s art scene with Talk Art podcast host Russell Tovey

Gay British actor, podcaster and LGBTQ icon Russell Tovey visits Shanghai where, in between gallery visits, he co-curates a David Hockney show and de facto Pride party.

LGBTQ British actor Russell Tovey at the David Hockney exhibition he co-curated at Shanghai’s Modern Art Museum. Photo: MAM
Hong Kong society

Video | How a HK$1 billion manhunt pushed Gigi Chao from the closet to LGBTQ activist

Hong Kong LGBTQ activist Gigi Chao talks about her life and relationship with tycoon father, who offered a ‘dowry’ for any man who could marry her.

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Video | How Chengdu became known as China’s ‘gay capital’

Although same-sex unions aren’t legally recognised in China, the first symbolic gay marriages happened in Chengdu.

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Video | How Chengdu became known as China’s ‘gay capital’

How Chengdu became China’s unofficial ‘gay capital’ despite uncertain LGBTQ rights
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Taiwan’s drag queens celebrate Nymphia Wind’s win on RuPaul’s Drag Race

Taiwan-raised Nymphia Wind recently won RuPaul’s Drag Race – the first East Asian drag artist to do so. We look at how drag culture has evolved on the island and talk to some of its leading lights.

Taiwanese Drag queen Nymphia Wind talks to media before the Second Taipei International Drag Festival in Taipei in May. Photo: CHIBA / AFP
From our archives

On This Day | Taiwan legalises same-sex marriage in landmark ruling – from the SCMP archive

On this day five years ago, Taiwan lawmakers voted in favour of recognising same-sex unions, making it the first place in Asia to do so.

Hong Kong youth

Letters | We can inspire young people to dream by just giving them a chance

Readers discuss the best ways to support young people, how Hong Kong should use its tourism dollars, and the importance of gender diversity and expression in sports.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Stanley Kwan explored sexuality in his films Lan Yu and Hold You Tight

Hold You Tight and Lan Yu were daring films for their time. The first stars Chingmy Yau, then an actress in adults-only films, as a bored wife who has an affair, while the latter is a stylish gay drama.

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Hu Jun (left) and Liu Ye in a still from Lan Yu, the 2001 film by Hong Kong director Stanley Kwan.
Old Hong Kong

Then & Now | All you need to know about soybeans – including their lesbian link

Healthy and full of protein, soybeans have been a popular foodstuff in China for centuries. Here’s how they’re processed, made into products like soy sauce – and used in Cantonese to refer to lesbians.

Soybean products include tofu, tofu pudding and soy milk. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong introduces national security risk test for all visa applicants

Director of Immigration Benson Kwok reveals department will evaluate background and ‘past statements’ of visa applicants to determine whether they pose a risk.

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Lessons from China's history

Reflections | Did Chinese emperor identify as a woman like Roman emperor Elagabalus?

Reports of Roman emperor Elagabalus begging to undergo gender transition and Chinese emperor Ming of the Wei dynasty wearing feminine fashions show why we should sometimes question historical accounts.

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