[3] Chengdu has both lesbian and gay male clubs and it has a higher percentage of self-identified LGBT people than some of the country's more populous cities.
LGBT-related programs are censored by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of China, sorting them as inappropriate contents.
Besides reports and articles, there were 150,000 people who watched live and a related short film that reached over 5 million viewers in China.
[8] The couple, Michelle Zhang and Pat Tietgens, met in a lesbian bar named Moonflower in Chengdu.
[9] In 2020, the authorities forced a nightclub called MC Club to close after photographs of events with sexual undertones surfaced.
[10] In 2021, in light of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) putting restrictions on activities by LGBT groups, an activist with Chengdu Rainbow (a non-governmental organization) stated that LGBT people in the city focus on minor steps rather than large steps, and that "There is some tacit acceptance by the authorities, but it is very delicate".
[11] LGBT people in Chengdu build connections and develop their social relations in teahouses, and also to provide a convenient channel for newcomers to integrate into the local circle.
The local custom of drinking tea in Chengdu and the relatively free atmosphere of the teahouses allow LGBT people to be able to live together in the public space and have their characters to be openly expressed.