Down the cement stairs to the underground dungeon of Shanghai Studio, the long hallway leads to several roomfuls of men drinking under dim pink, blue and green lights. I squeeze past and my eyes quickly scan every man on my radar: he’s cute, he’s hot, he’s gross ... Read more »

When we are all frustratingly pulling hair on our heads and trying to access Facebook, China's gays are already using their own facebook. No no no, I'm not talking about the impotent Gays.com, Feizan is China's latest answer to Facebook.

With almost the same layout as ... Read more »

The most romantic lesbian club in China, or so they claim (what does that mean, anyway?) Focus Club is Shanghai's newcomer of lesbian club. Check out their douban page and find out why it is "romantic".

Shanghai LGBT group's monthly "Meet and Greet" took place at G8 on ... Read more »

Several weeks ago, I received an email from a 16-year-old boy who called himself HJ, telling me how much he hated himself for being gay. The email read: “I despise myself and I want out. I spent all last year trying to figure it out, but I sometimes get self-destructive ... Read more »

Happy year of tiger! We hope everybody's had a fantastic CNY holiday. We'd like to let you know that we will be reporting more of Shanghai's gay news this year and would like to share more stories. If you have a story to tell, we'd be ... Read more »

Chinese New Year clashes with Valentine's Day, when many Chinese people are struggling between family and girlfriend/boyfriend, the ones spend the holidays alone in Shanghai might want to check out D2's Love Ball. Hopefully this one lucky night will make the rest of your CNY holiday less ... Read more »

If you are feeling a bit "gay" this weekend, there are a few options of doing something gay-related in Shanghai.

The Box hosts its KISS party on Saturday night. The underground gay bar resembles the go go bars in Bangkok. Go go dance will be presented and party goers are ... Read more »

For years, I didn’t think Asian men were the most attractive males in the world, until I moved to Shanghai. The single-eyelided guy on the motorbike, the iron-pumping dude at the gym, the Wu-speaking broadband technician who installed my internet and the tea-pouring waiter at that Japanese restaurant–all ... Read more »

Due to last year's success, Shanghai LGBT is starting their preparation for this year's biggest LGBT event: Shanghai Pride 2010.

Moderators of Shanghai LGBT are looking for fundraisers to help raise money for this summer's event. Volunteer designers, photographers, and logistic coordinators are also needed to help ... Read more »

“All he said was, ‘I’m going back to sleep’ and he hung up!” says my friend Lindi. “But just the day before he was basically saying we were soul mates.” Lindi shakes her head and sighs. “Why are men like this?”

“That’s because we are all pigs,” I ... Read more »

The Mr. Gay China pageant supposed to take place last Friday in Beijing was shut down by police just one hour before the event was to start.

The beauty pageant was to select a young man to represent China in Oslo later this year to compete for Mr. Gay World ... Read more »

Last year, Shanghai had Gay Pride, this year Beijing was to have Mr. Gay China. But sexy gay guys being sexy proved too hot to handle for local authorities who cited procedural irregularities and shut the event down an hour before it was scheduled to start. Maybe it was all ... Read more »

If you happen to be in Beijing this week, try not to miss out China's first gay beauty contest. Mr. Gay China will be held at Lan Club in Beijing on 15 January to select the first Mr. Gay China to represent the country in Oslo next month as ... Read more »

UNDP's HIV/AIDS programme aims to prevent and reduce the impact of HIV by improving people's awareness and providing support to careers of the virus and patients of the disease. On 9 January, a radio program supported by UNDP (the United Nations Development Programme ) and hosted by HIV ... Read more »

“So many guys here are gay,” says my friend Hannah while she is running on the treadmill at our gym. “I wonder what happens behind that wall, in the male changing room.”

People who have seen the TV series Queer as Folk might remember some of the daring man-on-man scenes ... Read more »

The girls from Micro Readers United are really doing a great job organizing their reading club. It reminds me so much of the literature classes I attended at school. Books are selected to read before class; we spend hours of the long cold winter evenings reading them; we show up ... Read more »

A wee note on the upcoming gay parties around Christmas and New Year's. The Box is hosting a three-day Christmas Under the Sea party, starting from Christmas Even up to Boxing Day. The cover is 120 RMB all you can drink and the pre-sale price is 100 RMB. Not ... Read more »

In response to the death penalty bill proposed by the Ugandan parliament against “aggravated homosexuality”, BBC held a poll titled as “Should Homosexuals Face Execution?” The poll drew such intense criticism that BBC had to rephrase the title to “Should Uganda Debate Gay Execution?”

Fridae.com reports that the discussion ... Read more »

“I’ve always wanted to ask you this question,” my co-worker Joy said recently. She wrote two Chinese characters on a piece of paper and asked: “Which one are you?” The characters read “man” and “woman”.

Her question made me laugh, but I started asking myself, “Am I a man ... Read more »

Shanghai’s local lesbian group Nv Ai is organizing an event this Saturday (12 December) to introduce a Gay Rights Map designed by the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA).

The map marks the world with several different colours to indicate the tolerance and legal regulations towards homosexuality in different ... Read more »

I hope everybody had fun at the Pink Ball on Saturday. Before I took a look at the Shanghai LGBT's newsletter today, I thought there'd be more upcoming events and parties in Shanghai's queer community; however, I just realized the Pink Ball was almost to wrap up ... Read more »

"I think older men at night clubs are unattractive and pathetic,” says Yifei, a 26-year-old Chinese gay man in Shanghai. “If I were still single at that age, I wouldn’t be going out to clubs.”

Aging is inevitable, but it’s especially scary for many gay men whose culture ... Read more »

Since its grand opening, Barbie store seems to be a new favourite venue for the city’s “pink” events. No more underground clubs, Shanghai LGBT’s end of year party goes chic this time: a pink ball is going to be held on Saturday 5 December at Barbie’s.

The ... Read more »