LGBT News Shanghai Pride cancelled after 11 years in blow to China’s LGBT community

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When Xiaomi, a member of the LGBT community, heard that Shanghai Pride week was halting all future events, they felt as if “a building had collapsed to the ground”.
“No more, there are no more public large-scale LGBT activities in the Chinese mainland,” they said.

The annual festival in Shanghai started in 2009, when it was organised by a few volunteers. It was modelled on the Pride events that have long been a part of the social calendar in many Western countries.