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The Specter of Materialism: Queer Theory and Marxism in the Age of the Beijing Consensus By Petrus Liu Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2023, x + 239 pages, $29.95 paperback.
EFFORTS TO PRODUCE a ”queer Marxism,” at least by that name, date back a mere 15 years, to the publication of (…)
Trans and queer people and their supporters suffer ‘systemic persecution’ as country pushes increasingly conservative values
At the end of last summer, Mei* received a message from her friend telling her she was running away from home.
It was the first time that Mei, 29, a transgender woman (…)
Tencent’s social media platform WeChat permanently closes 6 major accounts.
Chinese government censors have shut down key LGBTQ+ social media accounts in a further crackdown on sexual minorities.
Public accounts for the Beijing Lala Salon, Wandouhuang, Transtory, Outstanding Partners, Ace (…)
In May, a Chinese non-profit organization the Beijing LGBT Center made a sudden statement: “We very regretfully announce, due to forces beyond our control, the Beijing LGBT Center will stop operating today”. And the organization was forced to suspend its activities under pressure from the (…)
A culture war being waged on ’abnormal gender aesthetics’ is punishing young men who stray beyond rigid gender norms.
Reaching for his foundation and beauty blender, Pan Ning tells gal-dem that men like him are not welcomed in his country. “Society expects men to be warriors and accuses (…)
Although LGBT Rights Advocacy China was one of many LGBT+ groups in the country, it was rare in that it worked to change law and policy through supporting queer people in legal action.
It’s co-founder Peng Yanzi famously went undercover in 2014 to expose a conversion therapy clinic, and later (…)
The once-in-a-decade population survey has enabled same-sex couples to register their status
China’s LGBTQ+ community has seized a once-in-a-decade chance to be counted with the launch of the nationwide government census.
More than seven million workers have been going door to door across (…)
BEIJING: Limiting marriage to between a man and a woman will remain China’s legal position, a parliament spokesman said on Wednesday, ruling out following neighbouring Taiwan in allowing same-sex marriage, despite pressure from activists.
Taiwan’s parliament passed a bill in May that endorsed (…)
Mr Gay World 2018 winner Jordan Bruno (Mr Gay World/Facebook)
Mr Gay World 2019 will no longer take place in Hong Kong as previously announced, the event’s organising committee announced on Sunday. The annual competition was scheduled to take place between April 28 and May 4 in Hong Kong, as (…)
A country that once courted Chinese investment now fears becoming overly indebted for big projects that are neither viable nor necessary — except to China.
In the world’s most vital maritime chokepoint, through which much of Asian trade passes, a Chinese power company is investing in a deepwater port large enough to host an aircraft carrier. Another state-owned Chinese company is revamping a harbor along the fiercely contested South China Sea.
Nearby, a rail network (...)
During the release tour of his new book Queer Comrades, University of Nottingham academic Hongwei Bao was on the receiving end of one very consistent line of questioning. An obsession almost, of wondering whether the nascent LGBTQ+ rights movement in China could blame the Maoist regime of its (…)
Chinese social media giant Weibo backs down on ‘gay’ content ban after mass protest
Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, has backed down from a plan to ban ‘gay’ content after a protest was seen by millions of users.
The microblogging platform announced new censorship rules to tackle (…)
Sina Weibo, China’s popular microblogging platform, has announced it is banning content related to homosexuality. A rallying cry by users saw the hashtag “I am gay” also blocked by Chinese internet censors.
Chinese microblogging website Sina Weibo appeared on Saturday to censor a series of online protests decrying the platform’s decision to remove “illegal” content related to homosexuality.
Outraged Weibo users rallied under the hashtag “I am gay” early on Saturday to protest the company’s (...)
A court in Guiyang has ruled that an individual’s gender identity and expression should be respected. This is the first Chinese court to recognise such transgender rights. Transgender unemployment is more than 3 times higher than for the general workforce. The court did not decide on a second (…)
China has sent out the moral police. And in doing so, it has essentially designated the entire LGBT community as “abnormal”.
Online regulation
The China Netcasting Services Association (CNSA) recently published regulation banning images of all “abnormal” sexual behaviour online. But (…)
In the past two decades, the term “queer” has gained increasing academic momentum in China studies across disciplines such as history, sociology, anthropology, film and media studies, communication, and literary studies. What does it mean to queer China studies, and where is this emergent field (…)
Brandon Kemp discusses Petrus Liu’s latest book arguing that Queer Theory and Marxism belong together and bringing this to bear on gender in Chinese and Taiwanese culture.
Petrus Liu, Queer Marxism in Two Chinas. (Durham: Duke University Press, 2015) 256pp
Petrus Liu’s latest book (…)
Grindr sells 60% share to Chinese gaming firm A Chinese online gaming company is hooking up with the popular gay dating app Grindr. Chinese firm Beijing Kunlun Tech has bought a controlling stake in Grindr.
The world’s biggest gay social networking app has sold a major share to a Chinese (…)
A ‘Rainbow’ Birthday Party Related to the ‘Stonewall Event’
Between 2012 and 2013, the Shanghai NVAI launched the ‘China Lesbians’ Activism Map‘ . The memory of a special birthday party was still vivid and clear in her mind: an evening in June 1996, several friends and he
THE 21ST CENTURY has witnessed the rapid growth of the LGBT movement in mainland China. A bigger and more diversified LGBT community has emerged along with a more tolerant attitude from both government and society. This article aims to delineate this complicated development.
Before 2000 (…)
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