China’s Tsinghua University Punishes Students for LGBTQ Flags

Advocacy for LGBTQ people increasingly tough in Xi’s China
Clampdown on sexual diversity has deepened in top universities

Two students at one of China’s most prestigious universities were issued warnings for distributing LGBTQ rainbow flags, highlighting how the nation’s increasing intolerance for sexual diversity is extending further into campuses.

The pair were reprimanded for placing 10 handheld flags on a table at an on-campus supermarket in Beijing on May 14 alongside handwritten notes encouraging people to take the items, according to a person familiar with the incident who asked not to be identified publicly discussing a sensitive issue.

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