Hasan Defends China's War Against Gay People ft. Girl With a Microphone

TL;DR

Hasan repeatedly dismissed real anti-LGBTQ crackdowns in China because protecting the Chinese government's image outweighed acknowledging gay civil rights.

Key Points

• 1.Hasan denied China banned gay dating apps live on stream, calling it "propaganda," despite NBC News reporting Apple removed Blued and Finka by direct government order.
• 2.Grindr was removed from all Chinese app stores in 2022 — 0% of China's nearly 1 billion smartphone users can access it — tied to a government "morality clampdown" ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
• 3.Hasan falsely claimed the U.S. government blocked a Chinese company from buying Grindr to hide politicians' gay activity; in reality, Beijing Kun already owned Grindr (buying 60% in 2016, 40% in 2018) and the U.S. concern mirrored the TikTok data-security argument.
• 4.A chatter who lived in China for 7 years corrected Hasan directly on stream, stating homosexuality is banned in movies, same-sex marriage is illegal, and he was spreading misinformation — Hasan responded by saying "that's what I said."
• 5.Changdu, which Hasan celebrated as proof China is "gay as hell," is actually considered the last holdout against the government crackdown and is the subject of a documentary called *The Last Year of Darkness*.
• 6.Shanghai Pride was shut down in 2020; the Beijing LGBT Center closed without notice; LGBT rights advocacy groups were disbanded — all since 2020 with no state media coverage.
• 7.50 people were arrested in a single Chinese province just this year for writing queer erotic fiction, a genre popular among Chinese women.
• 8.China officially banned "effeminate men" from television, labeling them "vulgar, immoral, and unhealthy content," effectively banning gay representation on TV entirely.
• 9.Same-sex couples denied marriage rights lose inheritance, hospital visitation, IVF access, birth permits, prenatal care, and even the ability to register children for public school or obtain ID cards.