China targets LGBT groups on social media in new wave of repression

(SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST) -- The WeChat accounts of dozens of LGBT student organizations across China were shut down permanently on Tuesday night in a sweeping wave of repression, sparking anger within the LGBT community.

The accounts included those from top universities such as the Sex-Gender Study Community of Renmin University, Peking University ColorsWorld and the Shanghai-based Fudan University Zhihe Society.

The account of an off-campus organisation, the Guangzhou-based Gay and Lesbian Campus Association in China (GLCAC), which cooperates with universities in the area, was also banned.

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