Posted in Entertainment Interview

Canadian Comic Victoria Banner Hates Stand Up

A star of the first all diverse Canadian stand-up comedy TV series by a BIPOC creator, Comedy Invasion, Calgary-based comedian Victoria Banner is releasing her…

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Posted in Entertainment Interview

Exploring Being Asian and Queer with Filmmaker Nick Neon

Nick Neon is a half Korean American and half Spanish American filmmaker who identifies as Asian American. As a millennial filmmaker with a passion of horror, Nick has also directed and acted in two short films dubbing the “Jimmy Park” series. To celebrate Pride month, “Ultra Bleu” and “Zero One” are both streaming FREE on AAM.tv. CHOPSO takes the opportunity to interview this young upstart.

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Posted in Culture Queer US Viralicious

Less Gay White Boys, Please #GayMediaSoWhite

The internet is quietly smouldering with its latest racial equality trend, #GayMediaSoWhite. Mic reports that an initial tweet by songwriter Jesse St. John springboarded a…

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Posted in China Culture Queer

Shoot to Kill! ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival Is Back

Pick up your camera and shoot to kill! ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival just dropped their 2016 teaser trailer and they are looking for submissions. The festival…

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Posted in China Culture Queer

Why Are We Addicted to ‘Addiction’?

They come and they go. It is nothing new that creators of queer content face difficulties when it comes to meeting regulations or generally avoiding…

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Posted in China Pakistan Queer

Gay Kiss Too Hot For Pakistan

Publishers in Pakistan have refused to print a photo showing two Chinese men kissing as part of an article in International New York Times about…

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Posted in China Culture Queer

Grindr Will Solve All Your Problems

featured image by Sam McKinniss It has been much reported across business and gay media for the past few days that Grindr, the self-proclaimed ‘world’s…

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Posted in China Culture Queer

Year of the Queer?

featured image by Musk Ming Whether you agree or not, a lot of people have called 2015 the ‘tipping point year’ for LGBTQ rights. The…

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Posted in China Culture Interview Queer

Queer Filmmaker Fan Popo is a Lesbian

Fan Popo is a queer filmmaker and general agitator, and has been known to call himself a lesbian. He made headlines this year for suing…

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Posted in Art China Culture Hong Kong Queer

Queer Street Art In Hong Kong

Way back in 2011 new colour began creeping into the streets of Hong Kong in the form of Pride In Rainbow, an anonymous street art…

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