By Shan Juan (China Daily)
Steven Zhang took three days to make the decision to participate in China’s first-ever Mr Gay Pageant to be held this evening in Beijing, with his hesitation coming from worries over what would happen when he was “outed” by the event.
He did not expect the huge media attention both from home and abroad before the event.
The 30-year-old Liaoning native, who broke up with his boyfriend months ago, is now worried that the media exposure, particularly within the nation, would lead to unwanted consequences like losing his job or hurting his family’s feelings, due to the social stigma and discrimination against homosexuals.
Dig up your nail polish, brush your hair and grab your mascara: it’s a Premiere Party! Queer Comrades leads you the land of lipstick lesbians with their brand new documentary “Only P”. The celluloid fest continues afterwards with a showing of “Men and Women”, one of the first underground gay movies produced in China, starring Queer Comrades director Xiaogang Wei in his wild and long-haired days… Join us for a night full of stunning surprises!
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The old White Rabbit was a perennial favorite for subterranean late night dancing and prancing, but it’s abrupt closer last summer left many desperately seeking a new place to boogie. As many of you are already aware, White Rabbit has been resurrected and has landed in the much more central location in Sanlitun’s Tongli Studio. While lacking the basement dungeon vibe of the old White Rabbit, owner Thomas Gaestadius has kept the bare concrete style, minus the luxury trappings that can be found in other clubs around the city. This allows the focus to be on music and dancing, which is what White Rabbit does best. In honor of the former Queer Night that 
Most gays would steer clear of the hutong areas when shopping around for a place to live; there is a conspicuous lack of material comforts, colors in your neighborhood range from dark gray to light gray, and most local residents give you the feel that the Cultural Revolution may not have totally ended. Notwithstanding, there is one hutong that just must be gay. Or should be. Juhua (chrysanthemum) means ‘butthole’ in gay Chinese slang, so you can imagine the giggles my friend and I shared as we walked past Chrysanthemum Hutong (菊儿胡同) off Nan Luogu Xiang (南锣鼓巷), joking that we should move in. More so than other hutongs nearby, Chrysanthemum Hutong is a little cleaner, a little tidier, a little … 
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Well, the 2000s, noughties or whatever you want to call the decade between the ‘90s and the ‘10s is almost over. As a gay person, there is a lot to be excited and optimistic about for being in China at the moment. In spite of the seemingly slow movements and false starts at times, look at what has been accomplished or started in this decade alone, especially in the past few years:
