China

BEIJING — Police in central China have detained the 18-year-old organizer of a gay pride march in a sign of the government's nervousness over a growing civil society and demands for stronger individual rights. [ Read more → ]

GUANGZHOU, China -- A PFLAG chapter in China has sent an open letter to delegates of China’s National People’s Congress demanding marriage equality for their children. [ Read more → ]

SICHUAN, China -- The parents of a woman who committed suicide after discovering that her husband was gay, lost a lawsuit against him in a local court in Southwest China's Sichuan Province. [ Read more → ]

A Chinese contestant will take part in the Mr. Gay World pageant to be held in Oslo this weekend despite Beijing's attempts to prevent him doing so, an organizer has told AFP. [caption id="attachment_5982" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Xiaodai Muyi, also known publicly by his nickname, Xiao... [ Read more → ]

Chinese police shut down the country's first gay pageant Friday night, just one hour before the event was due to begin. From the Guardian: Participants hoped the contest would help challenge domestic stereotypes [...] [ Read more → ]