Thailand's gay-friendly culture has caught the attention of Chinese LGBTQ+ people as queer advocacy and representation faces pressure at home.
In 2019, business was booming for Owen Zhu. He was one year into his new career in real estate, showing Bangkok properties to Chinese investors. Then the pandemic halted travel and spending. Even now, Chinese buyers are slow to return. The exception has been one group that has since become Zhu’s specialty:
community means Zhu runs across more business opportunities in his daily life in Bangkok. That’s how he met Danny Dong, 29, who moved from China’s Suzhou province in October 2022. A year ago, Zhu overheard Dong speaking Chinese at a gay bar and struck up a conversation. Now as Dong makes plans for his next three to five years in Thailand, he’s toured several apartments with Zhu, looking for one he might like to buy. In May, Zhu took Dong to a luxury complex in the central business district.
tourists with tours, advertising and events specific to their interests, such as pride parades. Eleven years ago, the authority adopted the slogan “Go Thai, be free,” to emphasize Thailand's openness towards employees and the ability to register same-sex partners as legal guardians. But in the past five years, the tide has turned. Under President Xi Jinping, government pressure on activists has ramped up, shutting down gay pride events as well as
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