Searching for the Rainbow Connection: Regional Development and LGBT Communities in China

Zhang, Boyang; You, Yuhan; He, Guangye; Yan, Fei; Wang, Senhu

doi:10.1080/10670564.2022.2071925

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“…Due to these issues, LGBT people are unable to publicly display their orientations and identities, which reduces the LGBT community’s visibility. However, an LGBT community has emerged in China as a result of the growth of the internet and its anonymity (Zhang et al 2022).…”

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“…As the most populated country on earth, China is also home to the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, with an estimated 70 million people, the highest anywhere in the world (Zhang et al 2022). The transformation from the republican era to the reform era to the globalisation era in post-socialist China had a greater hand in shaping the changing contours of sexuality and gender identity.…”

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Changing Contours of Chinese Queer Perceptions and the Taiwanese Model

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This study explores the transitions of queer understandings in China, which are considerably shaped by social, political, cultural and historical factors. While the Mao era silenced homosexuality, the reform era created new avenues for public discussions on sexuality, though they were confined to urban China. The representation of queerness in Chinese media like television, films, pop music, and so on, signifies the role of cultural identities having larger implications in a local and global context. However, queer voices in China have been subject to ambiguous yet persistent censorship. In this context, placing queer politics at the cross-strait tensions between China and Taiwan gives a better understanding of its soft power potential. Taiwan is the first Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage, and queer politics has become an important soft power tool to enhance its democratic credentials in the international community. Strategic promulgation of a progressive queer policy in China will have potential benefits in enhancing its legitimacy in the international arena. The study assesses the state of LGBTQ rights in China and how the country traverses between the grey areas of allowance and disallowance in its approach to the queer question. It also explores the potential benefits of granting LGBTQ rights as a soft power strategy, taking a cue from the Taiwan experience and the constraints to attaining such status.

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Changing Contours of Chinese Queer Perceptions and the Taiwanese Model

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2023

China Report

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Boys’ Love (BL) Literacy Products Consumption as Leisure and its Impact on perceptions of LGBTQ+ People: a Case Study of the Chinese BL Fan Community in North America

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Theorizing Potential Downstream Cultural Consequences of LGBT+ Activism

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To what extent does local LGBT+ activism have impacts beyond its immediate surroundings? We offer a theoretical framework emphasizing how a combination of local movement visibility and LGBT+ cultural receptivity can account for disseminating influences of LGBT+ activism. We illustrate our framework in part through an analysis of the potential diffusion of LGBT+ support in Bosnia in the aftermath of the country’s first-ever Pride. Our model explains why the 2019 Sarajevo Pride increased LGBT+ support locally but had no immediate effects on attitudes in greater Bosnia. It also explains why LGBT+ support has since expanded beyond the capital to Bosnia’s surrounding regions in a follow-up 2021 study. Even when local LGBT+ visibility is low or nonexistent, underlying cultural receptivity can be conducive to the gradual diffusion of LGBT+ support. Moreover, the challenging circumstances of the pandemic did not undermine the expansion of LGBT+ tolerance across Bosnia. Our findings illustrate the persistent power as well as limitations of LGBT+ activism to usher in downstream cultural change.

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Searching for the Rainbow Connection: Regional Development and LGBT Communities in China

Cited by 4 publications

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Changing Contours of Chinese Queer Perceptions and the Taiwanese Model

Changing Contours of Chinese Queer Perceptions and the Taiwanese Model

Boys’ Love (BL) Literacy Products Consumption as Leisure and its Impact on perceptions of LGBTQ+ People: a Case Study of the Chinese BL Fan Community in North America

Theorizing Potential Downstream Cultural Consequences of LGBT+ Activism

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