Mainland China on GenderLibshttps://www.genderlibs.org/tags/mainland-china/Recent content in Mainland China on GenderLibsHugoenCopyright © 2024-2026 GenderLibs. All Rights Reserved.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700From Job-Search Barriers to Measured Workplace Discrimination: How Transgender Employment Evidence Took Shape in Mainland China, 2014–2026https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/09/transgender-employment-evidence-history/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/09/transgender-employment-evidence-history/Abstract The public history of transgender employment in mainland China can be read through prominent lawsuits, and it can also be read through a second question: which records turned workplace experience into evidence that researchers, courts, organizations, and later readers could measure, compare, litigate, and verify? LGBT institutional reports and large surveys from 2014–2016 placed employment, income, disclosure, and employer policy insideFrom “Natural Female” to “Artificial Beauty”: Chen Lili and the Public History of Pageant Eligibility in China, 2004https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/09/chen-lili-pageant-eligibility-history/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/09/chen-lili-pageant-eligibility-history/Abstract In 2004, Chen Lili (陈莉莉), a transgender woman from Sichuan, registered for the Sichuan selection of Miss Universe China and passed through a rapid sequence of institutional states: local registration, provisional acceptance, higher-level rule interpretation, cancellation of competitive eligibility, and a later appearance on the same stage as a special guest. During the same year, Beijing model Yang Yuan was removed from the MissFrom the “MSM” Frame to Transgender-Specific Data: How China’s HIV Response Shaped Transgender Public-Health Visibility, 1997–2026https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/09/transgender-hiv-public-health-visibility-history/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/09/transgender-hiv-public-health-visibility-history/Abstract The history of transgender public health in mainland China runs partly through an institutional corridor built for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men (MSM). From the late 1990s through the 2000s, AIDS programs created partnerships among local disease-control agencies, gay and tongzhi community groups, peer educators, testing sites, international funders, and digital outreach networks. Those arrangements made otherwise hard-to-reach sexual-minority populations legible to public-health institutions. TransgenderWhen History Becomes a PDF: A 2026 Observatory of Machine Readability and AI Discovery Interfaces in Mainland China’s Transgender Sourceshttps://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/09/transgender-machine-readable-source-audit/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/09/transgender-machine-readable-source-audit/Abstract A large share of mainland China’s recent transgender history survives as born-digital documents. National medical rules appear as government pages and attachments. Community surveys circulate as PDFs. Hospitals record the formation of clinical teams in news pages. Legal advocates reorganize litigation and regulation into topic pages. Digital archives then add author, year, original URL, file size, format, and checksum metadata to documents whoseHow 2018 Became an Interface Year for Transgender Public Support in Mainland China: Hotlines, Pride Events, and Specialty Clinicshttps://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/09/2018-transgender-interface-year-mainland-china/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/09/2018-transgender-interface-year-mainland-china/Abstract The public record of transgender life in mainland China shows an unusual concentration of interface-building in 2018. On 2 June, Shanghai’s first Trans Pride placed community advocacy, health care, violence prevention, law, and identity language inside a Chinese-led day-long public program. In August, the National Transgender Hotline expanded a transgender hotline operated by the Beijing LGBT Center since December 2015 into a collaborative network involving groups and volunteers inFrom a ‘Filial Son’ Narrative to Liu Ting’s Public Reappearance: Moral-Model Credentials Across Transition, 2005–2016https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/09/liu-ting-moral-model-public-credential-history/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/09/liu-ting-moral-model-public-credential-history/Abstract In 2005, Liu Ting entered national news under the historical public name Liu Ting then used, written 刘霆, after bringing her mother, who had uremia, to live near Zhejiang Forestry University while she studied and provided daily care. Her mother received a kidney transplant in 2006, and the caregiving story continued to circulate through Spring Festival features, local honors, public-benefit activities, and awards. In 2007 she received