Article is 2 years old, but it's a happy article and I wanted to post it anyways.
EDIT: For anyone curious, here's a link to her Douyin page: https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAC-deOgCmNN2bIugq3od6LBI-Ws7Pn8EuLwWBjZg-ghg It says she has 11.151 million followers and 170 million likes, which is awesome.
Yeah apparently. Wasn't aware of that, but they have a research paper floating around on Chinese LGBT statistics. No western agency discusses the reasoning for the shut down, which is usually given. Shanghai Pride and many other orgs are still operating though. I'll dig a bit to see if I can turn up anything.
that paper sounds interesting. I always struggle finding English language sources myself. excited to see if you turn up anything.