Darius Longarino

Sep 26, 2024 | chinafile.com | Darius Longarino

With high-profile campaigns and organizing no longer possible, China’s LGBTQ advocates look to subtler channels for change In mid-2020, despite the COVID pandemic and years of tightening space for civil society, China’s LGBTQ movement was still making strides.

Jul 28, 2024 | inkl.com | Darius Longarino |Yixin Ren |Wei Changhao

Zhou Xiaoxuan, front, who rose to prominence during Chinas #MeToo movement, with supporters outside a court in Beijing in 2020, in a sexual harassment case against a TV host. Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images Public allegations of sexual harassment are rare in China. Swift responses to punish the accused are rarer still.

Apr 28, 2023 | thediplomat.com | Ding Yuan |Darius Longarino

China Power | Society | East Asia The case illustrates the intersection of a tightening grip on LGBTQ expression, especially on college campuses, and the determination of some young Chinese to fight for more space. In February, two Tsinghua University students filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Education seeking to overturn punishments they had received for distributing rainbow flags on campus.

Jan 25, 2023 | fabricehoudart.substack.com | Yanzi Peng |Darius Longarino |Fabrice Houdart

Welcome to my weekly equality news digest, where I share important (and much less important) news, updates, and commentary about the global LGBTQ+ equality movement at the intersection with business. This week: Backsliding in China, the Pope’s comments on decriminalization, a setback in the search for Global HIV Vaccine, French guide for LGBTQ+ families, Qatar2022 post-mortem, Is GLAAD history repeating itself?, DeSantis requests data on trans students, and more.