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Tag: LGBTQ

Posted inChina

Chengdu: China’s ‘gay capital’ refuses to fold

by Helen Roxburgh December 31, 2020January 2, 2021

It’s Saturday night at the HUNK club in Chengdu and men in gold lycra shorts and black boots dance on stage. They wear kimonos, in an apparent tactical compromise with new morality codes creeping into China’s “gay capital”. But across town, young women still lounge on leather sofas drinking beer at a lesbian club, while […]

Posted inUnited States

Star Trek star sees US protests in progressive light

by Dave Makichuk June 15, 2020June 15, 2020
Posted inOpinion

How Covid-19 affects LGBTIQ people in Asia

by Jean Chong May 27, 2020May 27, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Rallying cry for queer civil rights in India

by Aritry Das September 10, 2019February 18, 2020
IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath. Photo: Wikimedia
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, World

2018 was the Year of Women

by Sunil Dhavala December 31, 2018
Illustrations by Indian artist Reya Ahmed.
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia, World

Indian artist depicts female rage in the wake of #MeToo

by Chandni Doulatramani December 19, 2018February 18, 2020
احتفت رئيسة تايوان تساي إنج-ون بتعديل في قانون الاستفتاءات كلحظة تاريخية في تاريخ الديمقراطية في تايوان، وهو تصريح قد تكون ندمت عليه. صورة: AFP / Sam Yeh
Posted inBeijing, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, Taiwan, World

To LGBTQ, or not to LGBTQ, that is Taiwan’s question

by Chris Taylor @chrisvtaylor October 20, 2018February 18, 2020

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