internet - Shanghai gay scene virtual presence

Colleague Jen Lin-liu reports in this weeks Far Eastern Economic Review about the internet radio Echo Chen has set up in Shanghai for Chinese lesbians. "The Internet had the biggest influence on my life. After finding a gay community on-line, I became much happier. I realized I could find someone to love, and that she would be female. If it hadn't been for the Internet, I'd probably be married to a man now. It's hard to know if that would have made me happy," Echo says in the (unlinkable) article. Echo Chen started a website for lesbians, as China only had them for gay men, now claiming about 30,000 visitors from all over China. Echo Chen: "I realized that lesbians in China need guidance--we even have users in Tibet. Many feel a lot of pressure once they find out they're gay. Gays abroad have a lot more freedom, but China is still very conservative. My Web site hasn't been censored so far, but maybe the authorities don't know about it yet! But then, even though China is pretty traditional, it's not as severe as people outside the country might think."
Here is more about the gay community in China.