There's a bunch of articles in western press about crack downs on queer communities in China, as well as feminist communities. What's the reality? Is it actually happening? Why?
There's a bunch of articles in western press about crack downs on queer communities in China, as well as feminist communities. What's the reality? Is it actually happening? Why?
Some of them have definitely been shut down not for being LGBT but for posting pro-separatism messages.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/comments/ofvs1i/is_this_true_if_so_thats_a_complete_shame_heres/h4f3bmp/
This obviously doesn't answer the whole picture, but some of it. The state has clearly been pushing for pro-lgbt improvements over a number of years, putting out content and support for them through state media. It does not make sense that any crackdowns would be for anti-lgbt reasons and it is much more likely in my opinion that they're getting hit for other reasons.
Also notable that some of these are just outright lies. The claims that the Weibo ones were removed en masse were just completely false, only some were, there are still many that are up. This indicates some kind of targeted effort.