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Abbily, a popular 19-year-old internet celebrity has attracted attention and support - by announcing that she is transgender.

Former flight attendant Chai Cheng still has nightmares about the moment of passion that cost him everything.

Far from the administrative glare of Beijing, the cosmopolitan southwestern city, dubbed "Gaydu" by Chinese millennials, has long cherished its reputation as a safe haven for a community that faces stigma and widespread harassment elsewhere in the country.

As China attempts to capture demographic shifts, some LGBTQ advocates hope to gain visibility in the eyes of their neighbors and the government alike.

Shanghai Pride, China's longest-running and only major annual celebration of sexual minorities, abruptly announced its effective shutdown on Thursday, in the latest sign of the authorities' increasing clampdown on civil society and LGBTQ rights in the country.

After six decades in limbo, China last week passed its first civil code, a wide-ranging legislative package that defines a number of important citizens’ rights. While activists had hoped it would i…

A Chinese lesbian couple's landmark custody fight over their two children has sparked debate over the lack of same-sex marriage

The couple's case has stirred debate over LGBTQ rights and put a spotlight on a legal vacuum created by the absence of a same-sex marriage law.

Li and Xu fell in love in a country where gay marriage and surrogacy are illegal. Their struggle – and success – is part of a growing trend

An art gallery in China’s capital provides a lens into the city’s quietly present gay community.

Reversals came less than 24 hours after advertisement featuring a gay couple holding hands on a beach was banned by the two transport operators.

Heads turn when An Hui and Ye Jianbin walk down a street in the Chinese city of Shenzhen with their triplets, who were conceived with help from a human egg donor and a surrogate mother.

The Chinese gay dating app Blued boasts 40 million registered users worldwide while being based in a country where most LGBT men and women still feel locked in the closet, writes Saša Petricic.

Leather, glitter, stilettos and a strut -- voguing, the underground dance phenomenon, has seized Beijing and given China's LGBT community a "playground" to celebrate their identities.

Bilibili, China’s YouTube, has reversed a decision to ban a gay couple from using the term “husband and husband” in video titles.

The once-in-a-decade population survey has enabled same-sex couples to register their status

Homosexuality was decriminalized in China in 1997, but gay marriage remains illegal. The picture on trans and other queer rights is mixed.

But Shanghai Pride didn't include the typical parade filled with people waving rainbow flags. In China, parades are mostly reserved for displays of military strength. So, organizers have to use a little bit of ingenuity to pull off one of the country's longest-running Pride events.

Chinese law does not criminalise same-sex relationships, but neither does it recognise them, leaving couples like He and Li without recourse in legal disputes.

Blued, one of the biggest gay dating apps in the world, has succeeded because it plays by the ever-shifting rules for L.G.B.T.Q. China — bringing together a minority community without activism.

Before Qiguang Li could pass through customs and step onto U.S. soil for the first time, he faced a three-hour detention where he learned that he needed to be more candid about his identity. It was September 2015, after a long flight from Shanghai to Los Angeles. Li came with another man, Wei Xu, who asked a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer whether the two of them could go through the border screening together. "What's your relationship?" asked the officer. They said they were friends. "Then you can't."

Public acceptance is improving, but in some cases Chinese authorities are moving in the other direction

The micro-blogging platform Sina Weibo has begun purging posts and comments that carry the hashtag #les, which is short for lesbian. The quiet ban was first discovered by users of Weibo’s “super topic” (超话) feature, which allows individuals to create online communities organized around hashtags. Weibo users are also no longer able to use the rainbow flag — widely recognized as a symbol of LGBT rights and social movements — in their bios.

Young professionals in China are already fighting the status quo and redesigning the way work is done, leaving many employers confused by the seemingly unrealistic expectations of the post-80's and post-90's generations. As these professionals will soon account for the majority of the workforce, smart companies looking to attract top talent have to ensure that they have (and communicate) a clear and authentic corporate culture.