Though the Golden Globes have never shied away from embracing films and TV shows with gay themes and openly gay actors, this year was a particularly good year for the […]
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2010 Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
The Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian Film Festival celebrated its 25th anniversary. This year Queer Comrades director Xiaogang was invited to participate in the festival. He showed 3 Queer Comrades documentaries […]
Accept your gay children – it’s good for them!
Dr. Caitlin Ryan of the San Francisco State University did more than 10 years of research and found out that non-accepting behavior towards gay children has a very negative effect […]
2nd Shanghai Pride Ends Successfully
On 6 November 2010, the 2nd Shanghai Pride ended smoothly after 3 weeks of activities.
Free Health Check for Lesbians
A special announcement about a health initiative calling on all lesbians to take care of themselves and their partners and to go for a physical checkup.
Smile 4 Gay
How to get support and understanding from the straight community? It’s a question that has been continuously troubling gay people. Hou Haiyang, a recent college graduate, thought of a beautiful […]
Iceland PM Marries Lesbian Partner
Iceland’s new same-sex marriage law came into force, which makes Iceland the 9th country to legalize same-sex marriages. Iceland’s PM Sigurdardottir married her lesbian partner on the day the law […]
SMUT 2010
Spectacular Halloween Party featuring drag shows, GLEE special, body-building muscle manifestation and spanking DJs. Dress code: eye-popping pleasure. When? Saturday 30 October, 9pm. Where? Tun Bar, Courtyard 4, Gongti Beilu, […]
The Persian Boy
“The Persian Boy”, a famous book written by world-renowned writer of historical novels Mary Renault, has recently been translated into Chinese by Silvano Zheng, an openly gay person from Guangzhou. The […]
Opening Ceremony Gay Games 2010
Opening Ceremony of the Gay Games Cologne.
China Super Boy
From Super Girl to Super Boy, Chinese TV Shows are continuing to challenge traditional gender ideas. After Li Yuchun became a Super Girl, people started accepting girls with an androgynous […]
Harry Potter Supports LGBT Community
After the author of the Harry Potter books, JK Rowling, showed her support for the queer community by revealing that the most powerful wizard in her books, Albus Dumbledore, is […]
IDAHO 2010
On 17 May 2010, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) was celebrated in China and the rest of the world with events, parades, tiger-hugs and kisses.
AIDS Candlelight Memorial 2010
This year, the 27th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial took place. Lots of Chinese cities organized Memorial events to honor the people who lost their lives to AIDS.
Taiwan School Textbooks to Introduce Gay Topics
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education stated that gay topics will find a place in elementary and secondary school textbooks from 2011 onwards.
10 Maybe Lesbian Superstars
Are there any Chinese Lesbian Superstars? Since there have been extremely few coming out stories among the celebrities, it’s guesswork. To get you started, we’ve ranked the 10 most Lesbian-hopeful […]
Vancouver Olympics Queer Hero
At the Vancouver Winter Games, a new queer Olympic hero emerged: the openly lesbian Ireen Wüst, who won a gold medal in the 1.500m speed-skating event.
The World Loves Mr. Gay China
The Mr. Gay China story finally got its happy ending at the Mr. Gay World competition in Oslo, Norway.
The Gay Star in “Will & Grace”
“Will & Grace” entered US mainstream TV history as the first sitcom with gay protagonists. The actor who plays Jack in the show, Sean Hayes, recently decided to come out […]
The Queer Side of the Oscars
Every year, the Oscars draw a lot of attention and every year, there are a couple of gay films that leave people breathless. Like “Brokeback Mountain”, which earned Ang Lee […]
Same-sex Marriage: Portugal vs. China
It’s been 7 years since Li Yinhe submitted her first proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in China. Nobody knows when Chinese gays will finally be able to tie the knot. […]
Shouting Loud and Queer
In December 2009, the magazine “China News Weekly” highlighted China’s most influential public figures of the past decade. 2 persons closely connected to the Chinese LGBT community made it onto […]
The Gay State
In every country around the world, the LGBT-community forms a minority. Currently, a worldwide movement is trying to change this reality. They are busy creating a gay state.
Who’s gay in Hollywood?
Homosexuality often pops up in gossip about celebrities. US tabloid “The National Enquirer” recently made headlines with their story on who’s gay in Hollywood.
10 Top Gay City Trips
Queer Comrades takes you on a trip to 10 superb gay cities you shouldn’t miss
Lesbian Theater Pioneers in Beijing
Grassroots lesbians perform China’s first lesbian play “Pagoda” from 20 – 24 January at 19.30 pm at Theatre 9 of the Beijing Chaoyang Cultural Centre. Contact 137-1770-6240 (11 am to 9 […]
Mister Gay China
Beautiful queer men from all over China: it’s time to step into the spotlight! Mainland China is organizing its first ever Mr. Gay China competition!
2009 Lesbian Youth Camp
The 2009 Lesbian Youth Camp organized by the Chinese Lala Alliance ended successfully on 22 November in Guilin. This year, the Lesbian Camp focused on “Youth Power”. Participants shared their life stories, […]
2009 Lesbian Development Forum
The 2009 two-day Lesbian Development Forum ended on 21 November. Lesbians, experts on women issues and people from international organizations represented lesbian groups from 18 regions in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. More than […]
World Aids Day 2009
The 1st of December is World Aids Day. All around the globe people mark this day with special events. Everybody gets together to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and to fight […]
SMUT 2009
Passion and pain unite during a wild night of pleasure at the SMUT party organized by Queer Comrades.
10 Famous Queer Politicians
10 Famous Queer Politicians
10 Chinese-language Lesbian Films
Check out these 10 Asian Chinese-language Lesbian Films!
Gay Games Cologne 2010
Participate in the Gay Games Cologne 2010!
SMUT 2009 Halloween Party
On 31 October 2009, Halloween-night, Queer Comrades held a big Beijing SMUT Party to celebrate its October episode dedicated to S & M. It was a naughty night peppered with […]
Belgrade Pride Cancelled
LGBT-activists in Serbia had been preparing for a long time to hold their own pride parade in Belgrade on 20 September 2009. Unfortunately, the pride was cancelled at the last […]
Courage
On 31 October, at the Maitian Bookstore in Beijing, a launch ceremony took place for the gay fiction novel “Courage”
Jim Carrey Goes Gay
Comedy star Jim Carrey and Scottish celebrity Ewan McGregor are the two lead actors of the upcoming gay movie “I love you Phillip Morris”.
Olympic Gay Gold Medallist
The youngest gay gold medalist at the Beijing Olympics.
Stars and their gay brothers
Stars and their gay brothers
Chinese directors triumph in Turin
Chinese directors triumph at the 24th Turin International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in Italy
The 4th Beijing Queer Film Festival
17 June 2009: Today the 4th Beijing Queer Film Festival opened at the Songzhuang Art Gallery.
High School Prom Queen
Male High School Prom Queen
The pink elephant in the room
The Poznan Zoo in Poland has recently been pulling in huge crowds. The reason? A 10-year-old male elephant called Ninio who is suspected of being gay.
Queer Films in Beijing Normal University
A new semester of gay activities started at Beijing Normal University with a film screening and a public discussion.