LGBTQ Activism in Mainland China

By by Holly Hou Lixian The 21st Century has witnessed the rapid growth of the LGBTQ movement in mainland China. A bigger and more diversified LGBTQ community has emerged along with a more tolerant attitude from both government and society. This article aims to delineate this complicated development.
Before 2000 homosexuality was still an extremely sensitive topic in mainland China. [Editors’ note: While the term “homosexuality” is anachronistic in contemporary queer discourse, we are retaining here the language…

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