"Authorities have been tightening the space available for LGBT advocacy and civil society generally. The Cyberspace Administration of China recently pledged to clean up the internet to protect minors and crack down on social media groups deemed a "bad influence". The LGBT community has repeatedly found itself falling foul of censors. However, this year, a court upheld a university's description of homosexuality as a "psychological disorder". Homosexuality was classified as a mental disorder in China until 2001, when it became legal. WeChat did not immediately respond to emailed questions. Other accounts did not show up in search results. All of us have been wiped out."Īttempts by Reuters to access some accounts were met with a notice from WeChat saying the groups "had violated regulations on the management of accounts offering public information service on the Chinese internet".
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