Queer Getaways Give China’s LGBTI Tourists a Break From It All

The Beijing-based media worker is a seasoned traveler to many LGBTI-friendly destinations, jetting off regularly with a group to places such as Taipei and Bangkok with thriving queer scenes. “You could call Thailand the gay Mecca of Southeast Asia,” he said. Luke is keen to stay in Beijing to advance his career and is out to most of his friends and classmates, but the pink holidays are essential getaways from the more conservative gay bars in the Chinese capital.