Blued live scandal
Community is a click away for Nepal’s gender and sexual minorities
KATHMANDU, July 8: Two years ago, when Ashok Jung Koirala and Sandip Thapa each joined Blued, China’s largest gay dating app, neither thought to date nor find a marriage partner.
Thapa, a shy person by nature, joined Blued to broaden his circle of friends. And for Koirala, it was part of his job at Together With Children, a nongovernmental organization in Kathmandu, monitoring harassment against the platform’s users.
At the noun, Koirala — who only embraced his identity as a gay man in — didn’t contain much of a community. The isolation of the coronavirus pandemic made dating apps and various social media platforms popular as more people sought connection. For three months, Koirala and Thapa had regular conversations on the app. Thapa proposed, and three months after meeting in person, they married at Pashupatinath, a famous Hindu temple.
Finding Thapa has been lifechanging for Koirala. He says it has given him the courage and support he needs to navigate the world as a gay
Chinese gay dating app Blued strike by 'teenage HIV' scandal
Chinese gay dating app Blued is halting new user registration for a week, it said on Sunday, following media reports that underage users caught HIV after going on dates set up via the world's largest networking app for the LGBT community. China has a vibrant lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender scene (LGBT) scene, though activists say conservative attitudes among some groups in society have prompted occasional government clampdowns.
On Saturday, citing academic explore, financial magazine Caixin said juveniles were heavily involved in the gay dating app, where some teenagers had even hosted inhabit streaming. It added that many gay teenagers had unprotected sex through the app and contracted HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. In response, Blued vowed to launch a "comprehensive content audit and regulation," and crack down on juvenile users posing as adults and on texts, pictures and groups that involve minors.
"Blued always forbids juveniles from logging on and using the app," it said in a statement on its verified
In early July, Tencent suddenly erased over a dozen LGBTQI university groups from WeChat, sending an ominous signal about the future of queer activism that reverberated across the Chinese internet. The message came amid a wide-reaching government crackdown on technology firms, which caused many of their stocks to go into free fall.
“It’s hard to run a sexual minority organization in China, and it’s also hard to run an internet company now,” said Chuncheng Liu, a PhD student at the University of California San Diego researching widespread health and the politics of algorithms in China. But one Chinese company is thriving while doing both.
From its Beijing headquarters, BlueCity has quietly built China’s largest internet company geared toward LGBTQI people, an online dating empire that rivals competitors prefer the U.S.-based Match Group. Its main app is Blued, a location-based dating and livestreaming service for gay and bisexual men, with over 60 million registered users worldwide, bypassing Grindr last year in India, Vietnam, the Philippines, South Korea, and China. After going
China&#;s Online Gay Revolution and Rainbow Warrior Geng Le
The famous Chinese painter, satirical poet, and cartoonist Huang Yongyu has passed away. Born in , Huang endured war and hardship, yet never lost his zest for life. When his creativity was hindered and his work was suppressed during politically tumultuous times, he remained resilient and increased &#;the fun of living&#; by making his world more colorful.
He was a youthful optimist at elderly age, and will now be remembered as an immortal legend. The renowned Chinese painter and stamp designer Huang Yongyu (黄永玉) passed away on June 13 at the age of His departure garnered significant attention on Chinese social media platforms this week.
On Weibo, the hashtag &#;Huang Yongyu Passed Away&#; (#黄永玉逝世#) received over million views by Wednesday evening.
Huang was a member of the China National Academy of Painting (中国国家画院) as adv as a Professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (中央美术学院).
Huang Yongyu is widely recognized in China for his notable contribution to stamp design, particularly for his iconic creation of the monk