US EditionChina crackdown on gay erotica stifles rare outlet for LGBTQ expression
CHINA, JUL 11 – Dozens of amateur writers face fines or jail under obscenity laws targeting Boys' Love fiction, with thresholds as low as 10,000 clicks or 10,000 yuan in revenue, rights activists say.
- In recent months, Chinese authorities have detained dozens of amateur writers on Haitang Literature City for publishing homoerotic Boys' Love fiction online.
- This crackdown follows laws banning spreading obscene content for profit, which can lead to fines or prison terms of up to ten years.
- The Boys' Love genre, mainly created by and for heterosexual women, has boomed in popularity but faces increasing censorship and rewrites of male lovers as friends on screen.
- In 2018, a writer using the pen name Tianyi received a prison term exceeding ten years after making US$21,000 from a homoerotic novel centered on a teacher and student, while other authors like 22-year-old Miu Miu have undergone police interrogations and are subject to bail restrictions.
- These actions reflect a broader suppression of LGBTQ expression under President Xi Jinping, targeting a rare space for identity and feminist resistance despite public attitudes toward sex shifting since 30 or 40 years ago.
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China’s crackdown on gay erotica stifles rare outlet for LGBTQ expression
By Mary Yang Chinese women who publish homoerotica online say they are being threatened with fines and jail time, as increasing enforcement of vague obscenity charges targets a rare space for LGBTQ identity and feminism. Posters featuring boy’s love are seen as people visit a merchandise shop in Beijing on July 9, 2025. Photo: Adek Berry/AFP. In recent months, Chinese police have detained dozens of writers on Haitang Literature City, a Taiwan-ba…
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AlKhaleej TodayChina cracks down on women writing gay erotica, some face up to 10 years in jail
BEIJING, July 11 — Chinese women who publish homoerotica online say they are being threatened with fines and jail time, as increasing enforcement of vague obscenity charges targets a rare space for LGBTQ identity and feminism. In recent months, Chinese police have detained dozens of writers on Haitang Literature City, a Taiwan-based website known for publishing serialised Boys’ Love, a genre of erotic fiction mainly written and read by heterosex…
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China crackdown on gay erotica stifles rare outlet for LGBTQ expression
Chinese women who publish homoerotica online say they are being threatened with fines and jail time, as increasing enforcement of vague obscenity charges targets a rare space for LGBTQ identity and feminism.
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