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The LGBeat Stereotypically, the men will be thin, immaculately dressed and coiffed, the women burly and swathed in flannel and denim. In Shanghai, however, these antiquated n...
The LGBeat Bars have long served as an important meeting place for folks of a certain persuasion, and that remains the case. As tolerance grows, however, more venues are taki...
The LGBeat As a community, Shanghai LGBTers have accomplished loads, so I’m looking forward to a bright and shiny New Year with new bars, new boys, new bis and yes, a few new...
The LGBeat Of all the wonderful flavors that Shangays come in, the hardest to define is bi. Straight, gay or otherwise, bis are often marginalized due to lack of understandin...
The LGBeat Shanghai is the merry-go-round of China. There are always new people getting on and getting off. With all this variety it is sometimes nice to accessorize an eveni...
The LGBeat What is it about a uniform that elicits such interest? I’m not talking about your building security guard in his wrinkled grays or the crossing guard at the corner...
The LGBeat Gays are everywhere, so it’s no surprise that a myriad of websites exist out there catering to the community. Here are my picks for sites offering travel advice, c...
The LGBeat We're always wondering what life is like for our friends back home. Here resident LGBT writer, Adam Frost, compares issues facing the LGBT community in the East an...
The LGBeat Pride season is upon us. The weather is getting warmer, the rains will finally die down soon and cities all over the world are gearing up for their annual LGBT pri...
The LGBeat All summer, Shanghai homos have been salivating with Pride envy as cities around the world got their gay on. Shanghai’s second ever Pride was not held during the u...
The LGBeat Summertime is the best time to enjoy Yuyingtang, one of Shanghai’s original live music venues. The best part is that the back of the club spills out into the park...
The LGBeat Having lived in some of the world’s gayest cities, from San Francisco to London–where all it takes is heading to the local lala watering hole or simply wandering d...
The LGBeat The highs and lows of drag in the Strumpet of the Orient Shanghai can really take its toll on a woman. Speaking for myself, I am well and truly rooted after anoth...
The LGBeat Shanghai has (much) more than just gays Aginger sprinkling of homosexuality cuts to the core of any cosmopolitan city. Fabulous and fashionable hats off to Pete f...
The LGBeat Remembering the gay old times It's hard to say goodbye so let's not discuss it in too much detail or I might need to break out my silk handkerchief. Needless to s...
The LGBeat What to wear when going out in Shanghai A few weeks ago on the streets of Beijing, after a rousing night of watching men tumble and flip at the gymnastics event a...
The LGBeat What do the gays like to drink? As part of a minority in this city, I'm used to slumming it a bit and scrapping for whatever I can get when it comes to nightlife....
The LGBeat The Chi Heng Foundation's quest to keep Shanghai's gays safe If you find yourself at Eddy's or Shanghai Studio and a stranger hands you a condom along with a broch...
The LGBeat Are Shanghai expats homophobic? I recently read on Fridae.com that Hong Kong actor Leung Yu Chung said that if he was approached by a flirtatious gay man, he would...
The LGBeat A gay man learns to love straight people's bars Forgive me readers, for I have sinned. I have not been to a gay bar in over a month. No Eddy's. No Shanghai Studio....