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Beijing Queer film festival cancelled after police harassment

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Beijing’s oldest independent queer film festival was cancelled due to sustained police harassment, highlighting the Chinese state’s escalating intolerance toward LGBTQ+ and feminist expression.

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Forums for discussion of feminist and LGBTQ+ views face growing intolerance from Chinese state, say expertsBeijing’s annual independent queer film festival has been cancelled after what is understood to have been a campaign of sustained harassment from the authorities.Beijing Queer film festival, which was due to begin on Friday in China’s capital, is one of the country’s oldest independent film festivals. Continue reading...

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