Unnamed Official Accounts 6th July 2021, with no prior warning, many social media accounts for university LGBTQ+ groups in mainland China were shut down permanently, and appeared on the search result page as “Unnamed Official Accounts.” Although the LGBTQ+ community is no longer criminalised in mainland China, censorships are becoming increasingly heavy in recent years. In some cases, two LGBTQ+ individuals from the opposite gender would marry each other to avoid being discovered. She saw the newborn’s very first smile, She heard the magpie singing a brand new sad song. She lets her hair chase after the wind, In a dream with her she lies down. Red liquid drowned by the bottle opener, Water blue opium woven into wounded silk. She paints her painting, her painterHer skin, too. He was invited to a white Western wedding, He sang an Eastern Funeral song as he quietly left. He sews the dragon pattern onto his sleeve, And cuts it off as a gift. Crimson-robed Achilles had been mourning, Soaked in indigo the endless sea secretly sobs. His flesh like red lanterns, blushingOrgans blushing, too. Father suggested lilies to match the white dress, And complained about how the wedding was on thirteenth. He stared into the sky giving it a French kiss, approved by moonlight’s red rose. Wendy Lian -------Films/Books/Works Referenced: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), M. Butterfly (1993), Farewell, My Concubine (1993), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Mood Indigo (2019), Word of Honor (2021), Raise the Red lantern (1991), Red Rose, White Rose, by Eileen Chang, (1944)
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