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This photo taken on November 27, 2020 shows merchandise for sale at the NGO Chengdu Rainbow's office in Chengdu, the capital of southwest Sichuan province. - Far from the administrative glare of Beijing, the cosmopolitan southwestern city Chengdu, dubbed "Gaydu" by Chinese millennials, has long cherished its reputation as a safe haven for a LGBTQ community which faces widespread stigma and harassment elsewhere in the country. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP) / TO GO WITH China-social-gender-rights-LGBTQ,FOCUS by Helen Roxburgh (Photo by NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images)

This photo taken on November 27, 2020 shows merchandise for sale at the NGO Chengdu Rainbow's office in Chengdu, the capital of southwest Sichuan province. - Far from the administrative glare of Beijing, the cosmopolitan southwestern city Chengdu, dubbed "Gaydu" by Chinese millennials, has long cherished its reputation as a safe haven for a LGBTQ community which faces widespread stigma and harassment elsewhere in the country. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP) / TO GO WITH China-social-gender-rights-LGBTQ,FOCUS by Helen Roxburgh (Photo by NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images)