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'Every word has come support to haunt me': China cracks down on women who write gay erotica
"I've been warned not to talk about it," the woman wrote, before showing snippets of the morning she says she was arrested for publishing homosexual erotica.
"I'll never forget it - being escorted to the car in packed view, enduring the humiliation of stripping naked for examination in front of strangers, putting on a vest for photos, sitting in the chair, shaking with fear, my heart pounding."
The handle, Pingping Anan Yongfu, is among at least eight in recent months which have joint accounts on Chinese social media platform Weibo of being arrested for publishing gay erotic fiction. As authors recounted their experiences, dozens of lawyers offered pro bono help.
At least 30 writers, nearly all of them women in their 20s, have been arrested across the land since February, a lawyer defending one told the BBC. Many are out on bail or awaiting trial, but some are still in custody. Another lawyer told the BBC that many more contributors were summoned for questioning.
They had published their function on Haitang Literature Capital, a Taiwan-hosted platform famous
Olly Alexander: Growing up Gay
Recent figures exhibit that more than 40 per cent of LGBT+ people will experience a significant mental health problem, compared to around 25 per cent of the whole population, and are more than twice as likely to have attempted suicide.
In this eye-opening film, young pop culture icon Olly Alexander explores why the gay people is more vulnerable to mental health issues, as he opens up about his own long-term battles with depression. As the outspoken frontman of British band Years and Years, Olly is a powerful voice on mental health, bullying and LGBT+ rights. He has broken taboos with music videos that celebrate queer identities and spoken openly about his hold sexuality as adv as his uninterrupted struggles with anxiety.
In the film, Olly joins young people on their journeys battling issues that parallel his have - from homophobic bullying to eating and anxiety disorders - and along the way he asks what can be done to address them.
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Horror of Darkness
In 1965 John Hopkins’s Horror of Darkness, shown in the BBC’s acclaimed but controversial series The Wednesday Perform, was a breakthrough in male lover male representation. It is a psychological drama in which Robin Fletcher (Nicol Williamson), a unhappy, tortured soul disrupts the affair between his friend Peter (Alfred Lynch) and Cathy (Glenda Jackson).
Robin’s declaration of his love for Peter is beautifully realised, and it is probably the first open expression of the affection of one man for another in British television. However, Robin’s love for Peter is unrequited and, after Peter rejects him, Robin commits suicide. Hopkins, one of BBC television’s most acclaimed and respected writers, put together a complex and compelling engage that was appreciated by some viewers.
Public Reaction
In BBC1’s Duty Office Log for 10 March 1965, viewer’s reactions to the engage on the evening of the transmission ranged from the confused: “There are six of us watching this play. What is it all about? Perhaps you will ring back and say me” to the outraged: “Disgusting stuff”, “What has come over the BBC. You are always showing us plays about perverts.”.
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Information and endorse for people attracted to the similar sex. Takes calls on a broad range of issues including coming out, safe sex, groups for LGBT people, health, pubs and clubs, accommodation or just to listen.
Phone: 0845 257 8255 (line uncover 7 - 10pm)
Healthy Gay Life
The Sexual Health Venture for gay, pansexual and men who have sex with men in Birmingham. Counselling, courses, workshops, training, volunteering and outreach.
Phone: 0121 440 6161
Website: www.hgl.nhs.uk
Terrence Higgins Trust
Advice, information and support services for gay men and people living with HIV, or those at risk of infection. Counselling and volunteering opportunities available.
Phone: 0121 694 6440
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Website: www.tht.org.uk/regions/tht_midlands
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Organisation for people living with and significantly affected by HIV, including help group.
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