FEMINISM

Tough Times for China’s Boys’ Love Lovers

How the blacklisting of one popular online forum left droves of Chinese fans of queer fan fiction without a ”home”

NEWS

Rainbow’s End for China’s Campus LGBT Groups?

A WeChat crackdown on student LGBT organizations raises the alarm about the future of sexual minority voices in China

SOCIETY

Over the Rainbow

Thailand draws LGBT Chinese seeking tourism, medical care, and acceptance.

TV

Love for Boys’ Love

Unrealistic portrayals of gay men in straight women’s fantasies raise questions for LGBT representation in media

NEWS

Viral Week Ep. 230

Organ donors thanked through song, netizens question poverty stats, advert features gay couple—it’s Viral Week

FILM

Rainbow Screens

Six highest rated films with LGBTQ themes on Douban

ANCIENT HISTORY

Gay Emperors in Chinese History

Five love stories about ancient monarchs and their male confidantes

SOCIETY

The Noughty Nineties: The Gay Activist

The jiulinghou fight for LGBTQ rights—from our cover story

SOCIETY

A Restroom by Any Other Name

Does it matter what we call unisex toilets? China’s gender activists weigh in

SOCIETY

Scared Straight: LGBT Community Unites Against Conversion Therapy

Despite activists’ outcry and a shocking kidnapping case, medically discredited “gay conversion” treatments still find a market in China