Over the weekend, thousand of overseas Chinese in 60+ cities rallied in memory of #Uyghur victims in the #Urumqi fire and in solidarity of the Covid protest back home. Many of the protests were led by overseas Chinese women, feminists and queer.
On Instagram, Chinese Queers Will Not be Censored has been documenting feminist and queer organizers' voices and demands. We see women and queer people leading the chanting: We want freedom, not forced covid tests. We want diversity, not patriarchy. instagram.com/chinesequeersw…
Chinese feminist and queer organizers demand diversity. This means seeing and listening different voices. In New York, feminist and queer organizers prioritized #Uyghur people's speeches in the open forum session. theinitium.com/article/202211…
Chinese feminist & queer organizers & participants also demand non-misogynistic chants, including "we want diversity, not patriarchy".In rallies that were not led by feminist and queer people, some chanted misogynistic insults to express anger,but those chants were rarely echoed.
Sharing this powerful reel where London Chinese protesters chanted "We want feminism".instagram.com/reel/Clh9s1rgZ…
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