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China police detain gay activists after Xian event canceledU.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT
Police in China’s northwestern city of Xian briefly detained nine gay activists, saying the city did not welcome gay people, after they tried to organize a gay rights conference there, one of the activists told Reuters on Wednesday. The move came as China’s gay community has been celebrating Taiwan’s recent decision giving same-sex couples the right to marry, a first for Asia, and amid a broader clampdown on civil society and rights activism under President Xi Jinping. The event organized by the Chinese group Speak Out was to …read more
Source: Victims of Communism
