Recently, a Douyin user posted photos of the Argentina Pride Parade and publicly made violent remarks against the homosexual community, claiming they would infiltrate the enemy's ranks and exterminate all homosexuals in the world.
On November 7, the Pride Parade was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with participants calling for an end to discrimination and violence against the LGBTQ+ community.
Recently, netizens in many places posted on social media platforms that they had received calls from 12340, the national social sentiment and public opinion survey hotline, where staff asked about their satisfaction with local public security and their daily living conditions.
Bandao Morning Post modified its report on the death of Wu En multiple times: first writing "his partner Cang Bai," then changing it to "she," then to "their," and finally deleting the word "partner" entirely. After being questioned by netizens, the newspaper deleted the Weibo post.
On October 29, the Beijing Queer Film Festival (iQueer Film Week), founded in 2001, issued a statement announcing the cancellation of the film week originally scheduled for the near future, apologizing to the audience without specifying the reason. The festival has long operated by circumventing censorship; after being shut down in 2014, it once organized screenings for audiences on a train to Huairou using USB drives, and it stopped using its WeChat official account in 2025.
In early October, some Brazilian netizens expressed their admiration for China on X and called on China to help with a Brazilian revolution. The discussion then turned to issues such as the war on drugs and LGBT rights. Chinese and Brazilian netizens questioned each other over who the real leftists were, and one Brazilian netizen who described himself as right-wing lamented that Chinese communists are 500% more far-right than he is.
Economist Yao Yang, Dean of the Dishui Lake Advanced School of Finance at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, said in a video posted on "Yao Yang Shuo" that about 100 million people in China actually pay individual income tax, that an annual income of 100,000 to 120,000 yuan puts one in the top 10% by income, and that an annual income of about 300,000 yuan puts one in the top 1%. The bottom 10% of earners account for only 0.4% of all income and have negative net wealth, and around 600 million people nationwide still earn less than 1,000 yuan per month.
On October 17, a Douyin blogger complained that young people are told to abandon the “student mindset” as soon as they enter society, asking why honest people should reflect on themselves after being taken advantage of, and saying that those who cheat and deceive are the ones who should truly reflect. The post struck a chord with netizens, who left comments in共鸣.
On October 15, the Hong Kong Pride Parade announced on its official social media account that the Rainbow Market originally scheduled for November 14 had been cancelled, saying the venue provider was temporarily unable to provide the venue. Pink Dot HK had previously been forced to cancel for two consecutive years due to venue problems.
A netizen inside the Great Firewall shared records of fines imposed on their family by the Chinese Communist Party. The fines covered a wide range of items, and the specific items were not detailed in the tweet.
The Hungarian parliament voted to repeal anti-LGBTQ measures introduced by former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in 2021, which included restrictions on depicting homosexuality and transgender identity. The move is one of the steps taken by the government of current Prime Minister Péter Magyar to improve the country's image.
On October 2, YouTube creator Bumingbai Podcast released an episode, gathering letters from eleven listeners to discuss various experiences of feeling inferior while living in China.
On September 17, a netizen uploaded an AI short film to Douyin in which a young person runs desperately while carrying a basket on their back containing their parents, only to be criticized for falling behind, sparking widespread resonance and discussion among netizens about the heavy burden of family.
On September 10, a user posted an article accusing domestic film and television and social platforms of double standards in reviewing homosexual content, with positive emotional content being restricted or removed, while content linking the homosexual group with negative labels can be spread normally, attracting attention.
After Black Sea shipping routes were disrupted, China turned to South and North America for emergency spot purchases of grain, with international grain traders charging an extra $42.5 per ton.