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Chinese gay hookup app Blued gets state sponsored funding
Blued has attracted more funding from the state owned The Beijing News
Good news for the LGBT(I) people in China. Looks like China is slowly becomming more liberal and less conservative. But i'm sure there is a long way to go before it reaches EU standards.In what can be interpreted as move to a more accepting attitude towards LGBTI people, gay app Blued has secured state sponsored funding.
Blued is one of the biggest gay dating apps in China with 27 million users and 7 million users logging in daily to use the app. Its slogan is ‘enjoy the gay life’.
The Beijing News a state sponsored newspaper invested 30 million RMB (USD$4.36 million) of strategic funding into Blued.
It was the second round of funding the Beijing News gave to Blued after it invested the same amount into the company in 2014.
Chinese ‘pink’ business
‘The gay business is a piece of virgin territory in China, and we hope to become a leader of this lucrative market,” said Blued founder Geng Le.
‘The substantial spending ability of gays and the funding support we got indicate the strong power of the so-called pink economy.’
Blued has recorded profits and invested into international markets with its e-commerce, live streaming, gaming healthcare and entertainment services.
Dating apps are beyond on the reach of Chinese censors who last year released a new set of guidelines which forbid homosexuality and other ‘abnormal sexual relationships and sexual behavior’ to screen on television.
While things are improving for LGBTI people in China, there is still a long way to go to achieve equality. But people are hopeful the state’s investment into apps like Blued and other LGBTI products show progress is being made.
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/c...nsored-funding
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2017-02-15, 03:31 AM #1Brewmaster
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Chinese Gay Hookup App Gets State Sponsored Funding
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2017-09-25, 04:41 PM #2Field Marshal
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Originally Posted by Adolecent
Definitelly good news to Chinese gay population, I am glad Chinese goverment becomes "softer" about this issue...
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2017-09-25, 04:45 PM #3The Forgettable
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8months since the last post counts as a necro, right? What's the time limit?
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2017-09-25, 04:46 PM #4Deleted
I'm a little confused... Why is the government funding a Gay hook-up ap
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2017-09-25, 04:48 PM #5Field Marshal
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Didn't take atention to date, sorry, was just browsing arround forum, now I see that post is 8 months old ... Originally Posted by Forgettable
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China is tradional and very rigid according to this issue (homosexuality) and those are good news since they want to change that and give people more human rights, I suppose it is about that.... Originally Posted by adam86shadow
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2017-09-25, 04:51 PM #6Over 9000!
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Their reason behind it probably has to do with China's overpopulation. They probably assume giving the LBGTQ community a helping hand might help into leveling it out. Originally Posted by madMax24
Definitelly good news to Chinese gay population, I am glad Chinese goverment becomes "softer" about this issue...
I assume."It's not what we don't know that gets us into trouble; it's what we know for sure that just ain't so." ~ Mark Twain
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2017-09-25, 04:53 PM #7Banned
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The CPC prolly wants acces to the info of the users.
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2017-09-25, 04:55 PM #8The Unstoppable Force
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What's the (I)? Originally Posted by Adolecent
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2017-09-25, 04:58 PM #10Pit Lord
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yeah i would be worried all this is is to help build a database of volunteered information that they'll be able to come down on later. Originally Posted by Mittens
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i think the (I) is a snowflake designation, snowflake is its own gender now......
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex Originally Posted by Puupi
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2017-09-25, 05:20 PM #13Deleted
Most just say LBGT+ because we now know how ridiculous it is
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2017-09-25, 05:25 PM #14The Lightbringer
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Obvious necro is obvious
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Beyond the fact that homosexuality has become far more acceptable in society... pretty sure the Male to Female ratio is pretty abyssmal in china Originally Posted by adam86shadow
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