Darius Longarino 龙大瑞
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Darius Longarino 龙大瑞
@dariuslongarino.bsky.social
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Senior Fellow at Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School / Chinese law and civil society. he/him
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I have found 60+ examples so far. Recall 2021 prohibitions on "sissies" & "dangai." State media also warned boys' love genre “doubtlessly creates confusion & the losing of one’s way for youth at a critical stage in the formation of their perspectives on life & values.” epaper.gmw.cn/gmrb/html/20...
Since 2021, authorities in dozens of localities across China have publicized cleanup campaigns against “boys’ love” books & other “materials harmful to minors’ physical & mental health.” “LGBT-themed” materials sometimes lumped in. Must place dragnet against “boys’ love” authors in this context:
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I got into a pinhole camera sales group after reading about #maskpark, a voyeurism ring that involves at least 100k Chinese users on Telegram.

It has compared to South Korea’s Nth Room.

Here are demos of pinhole cameras on a shoe, a fan, a car key and the side of a phone:
Raises question of whether these horrific incidents are an outlier or if the state's ongoing rollback of space for LGBTQ communities has stirred up/unleashed hateful actors. The founder of China's PFLAG discusses the incidents here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bup8... (videos are violent & disturbing)
“你是不是男同?”同性恋者在公园里遭暴力围殴,仇恨犯罪为何盯上了同性恋?|郑州人民公园|猎巫式暴力|殴打同性恋|
YouTube video by 阿强同志
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Videos have surfaced of groups of young men beating gay men in Zhengzhou Ppl’s Park w/ punches, kicks, & rods, yelling at their victims “Are you gay?” “Do you like men?” "If you dont say, I'll beat you to death." Police have detained 17 ppl. Most media dont say "gay" in reporting (except Caixin)1/2
In light of detentions of Boy's Love genre authors, re-upping this non-exhaustive list of regs/policies targeting LGBTQ-related content in China:
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so while there are specific reasons for targeting this group, this is also a consequence of building a machine of mass repression and censorship *and* an internal political atmosphere that demands 'action' by officials lest they be accused of 'formalism'
"Across China, authorities have been interrogating dozens of writers -- many of them young women -- who published gay erotic novels online, in what appears to be the largest police roundup of its kind to date."
China LGBTQ Crackdown: Dozens of 'Boys' Love' Writers Arrested Over Online Novels
LGBTQ Censorship: China detains dozens of authors—mostly women—for writing gay erotic fiction online, sparking global outcry over creative freedom.
www.deccanherald.com
"Silkpride began as a side project when queer organizations in Mainland China, facing shutdowns, sent books overseas to our founder rather than discard them." silkpride.org/our_story. Check out Silkpride's exhibit at World Pride in DC:
Down with Cheeto Nero.

Join a rally: Sat April 5th, National Day of Action

handsoff2025.com
With moral panic-y tone, state media in China's Jiangsu province reports that parents are upset their children are seeing LGBT-related content on Duolingo. One parent frets: "This kind of content may incorrectly guide the worldviews & life perspectives of minors." weibo.com/1796087453/P...
Whereas ~10 yrs ago a Baidu search for "homosexuality" wld render ads for conversion therapy (www.globaltimes.cn/content/8737...), DeepSeek answers that conversion therapy is ineffective & harmful. Activist tells readers to feel at ease letting their parents use it mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ms2YXhszD6...
我问了AI五个最苛刻的问题,他们直接脱掉了恐同者的底裤,请放心让爸妈使用
人工智能将会打败世上所有恐同者吗?
mp.weixin.qq.com
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"The radical right in the US is not engaged in a grand geopolitical strategy. It is pursuing an ideological campaign against its true enemy, which is not China or Russia but liberalism. The Trump administration hates liberals at home and liberal democracies abroad." open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
Trump’s true enemy isn’t China or Russia but liberal democracy
The new Cold War between Europe and America
open.substack.com
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“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

Scotten served three combat tours in Iraq as a U.S. Army Special Forces Officer and earned two Bronze Stars. Clerked for Roberts and Kavanaugh.
ICYMI: A transgender employee at a state-owned enterprise in China was supported by her colleagues, but "the company’s leadership later pressured her on numerous occasions to 'rectify' her gender expression" & labeled her as "selfish" and "causing trouble for others.”

www.scmp.com/news/people-...
China trans woman faces legal challenges 3 years after being dismissed by firm
Company labels her ‘selfish’ for not meeting male employee standards and causing issues.
www.scmp.com
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