Additionally, as someone else in this thread pointed out, some people have linked the restrictions on gay and GNC people to increased militarism within China and a desire to appear strong. That would almost certainly be reduced if tensions with the US relaxed. So combatting anti-China sentiment here might help LGBTQ people in China.

Never struck my mind but it makes a lot of sense. It will be hard to convince a lib of this because they consider China the aggressor for some reason.