The contradictions in the NYT article are, however, dizzying. They've really been stressing that the Chinese government closed down the Chinese pageant, yet X.M. was obviously allowed to fly to Norway to compete for the global title. Also, according to the same article, China decriminalized gay sex in 1997-- years before the USA did. The article also discusses how X.M. is muslim, and more or less a professional gay activist in Xinjiang, where his main obstacle is not politics but religion. But isn't the official story that the Chinese Communists oppress religion?
It sounds to me like social progress is being made on LGBT stuff in China, comparable to that being made in the USA, both of which lag behind Europe. It also sounds to me like we've been fed a lot of bullshit on China for a long time, such that reporting of reality conflicts with and has to be shoehorned into the official narrative framework.
All that said, and for the record, I stand ready to heed the call of duty, and personally investigate the situation faced by gay Chinese hotties looking for dates in various parts of China, the moment funding is secured. Ni hao, comrade! :-)
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