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Using animation to protect sources while telling true stories of queer life in China
The tremendous anti-gay stigma in mainland China has made it difficult for stories about homosexuality to emerge in the Chinese media outlets, even though pockets of tolerance are beginning to emerge.
It&#;s within this climate that Jieqian Zhang, a graphics editor at The Wall Street Journal; Fan Fei, a digital graphic producer at Modern Healthcare; and Tailai Zhou, a journalist at Caixin Media Company in China, came together to tell the stories of homosexual, HIV-positive men in China. In order to protect the identities of those they interviewed, they used animations to make them anonymous. The product is titled ‘Caught in Quicksand’: Gay and HIV-Positive in China, and it was published on ChinaFile , an online magazine published by the Center on U.S.-China Relations at Asia Society based on New York City.
Storybench spoke to Zhang about telling stories in ways that protect sources. The interview was conducted in Chinese and translated into English.
Why did you decide to shine a illuminated on Ch Despite challenges, gay men find hope, refuge in Boston
For Aleks Hatzigeorgiou, a first-year international business major, Boston’s accepting environment was a dramatic change from his hometown of Augusta, Georgia.
There is a small Diverse community in Augusta, Hatzigergiou said. Self-acceptance flags are only displayed on stickers in the windows of a several downtown businesses. Growing up in the more suburban area of the municipality, Hatzigeorgiou said he rarely saw anything related to Queer acceptance and self-acceptance.
“Boston is a lot different,” Hatzigeorgiou said. “It’s a really diverse collective of not only gay people, but lots of other people. Everyone is more accepting in many ways, especially sexuality.”
Hatzigeorgiou’s story is not unique — many LGBTQ+ people, including gay men, flock from all across the nation and the globe to come to Boston, often to seek higher knowledge and a more accepting environment. According to a May study conducted by Boston Indicators and The Fenway Institute, nearly 16% of adults in Massachusetts aged identified as lesbian, gay, pansexual or another Diverse identi
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My new gothic horror novella, Gods and Insects, is out today. This is a sequel to Love is the Cure. To celebrate the new launch , I’m offering the first book free for 5 days (until next Tuesday).
If you’ve read the first one, this one is a little bit different: it’s all from one point of view, Asher’s, with a more traditional narrative structure, and more than twice as extended. Asher is the youngest vampire from the first book. This new novel follows his ill-fated shots to find his place in the vampire earth. There’s more horror, freaky blood trips, gay and bi characters, a transgender vampire (yay). At its heart, the story is a tragedy, and a fall (in the biblical sense).
Here’s the first chapter of Gods and Insects to whet your appetite. You can buy the ebook on Amazon (and download the first one for free until next Tuesday). There will also be a paperback edition to follow soon. I expectation you enjoy the read.
I should have fed before my shift. Now my skin is on heat with the need, my nostrils full of the scent of my co-worker’s blood, as I experiment to keep my distance in the encl
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Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings () Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Bronski, Michael, Carlo, Vivian, Robinson, Colin, Poggi, Stephanie, Burns, Randy, Shively, Charley, Stowell, Sterling, Nestle, Joan, Lorde, Audre, Ewing, Tess, Rose, Steven, Abelove, Henry Date: Jun. 11, Topics: AIDS awareness, Dark LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Gay community, HIV/AIDS, Homophiles, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Police harassment, Stonewall riots, Transvestites Subject: Bread and Roses, Daughters of Bilitis, Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Gay Community News, Gay Liberation Front, Lgbtq+ Women's Liberation, Lesbian History Archives, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Radicalesbians, Highway Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, That Certain Summer Description: A collection of
Despite challenges, gay men find hope, refuge in Boston
For Aleks Hatzigeorgiou, a first-year international business major, Boston’s accepting environment was a dramatic change from his hometown of Augusta, Georgia.
There is a small Diverse community in Augusta, Hatzigergiou said. Self-acceptance flags are only displayed on stickers in the windows of a several downtown businesses. Growing up in the more suburban area of the municipality, Hatzigeorgiou said he rarely saw anything related to Queer acceptance and self-acceptance.
“Boston is a lot different,” Hatzigeorgiou said. “It’s a really diverse collective of not only gay people, but lots of other people. Everyone is more accepting in many ways, especially sexuality.”
Hatzigeorgiou’s story is not unique — many LGBTQ+ people, including gay men, flock from all across the nation and the globe to come to Boston, often to seek higher knowledge and a more accepting environment. According to a May study conducted by Boston Indicators and The Fenway Institute, nearly 16% of adults in Massachusetts aged identified as lesbian, gay, pansexual or another Diverse identi
1.
My new gothic horror novella, Gods and Insects, is out today. This is a sequel to Love is the Cure. To celebrate the new launch , I’m offering the first book free for 5 days (until next Tuesday).
If you’ve read the first one, this one is a little bit different: it’s all from one point of view, Asher’s, with a more traditional narrative structure, and more than twice as extended. Asher is the youngest vampire from the first book. This new novel follows his ill-fated shots to find his place in the vampire earth. There’s more horror, freaky blood trips, gay and bi characters, a transgender vampire (yay). At its heart, the story is a tragedy, and a fall (in the biblical sense).
Here’s the first chapter of Gods and Insects to whet your appetite. You can buy the ebook on Amazon (and download the first one for free until next Tuesday). There will also be a paperback edition to follow soon. I expectation you enjoy the read.
I should have fed before my shift. Now my skin is on heat with the need, my nostrils full of the scent of my co-worker’s blood, as I experiment to keep my distance in the encl