US TikTok users are joking about moving to China ahead of ban – what are LGBTQ+ rights like there?

Popular, Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok is set to be banned in America on 19 January, dismaying the platform’s 150 million monthly active users in the US, including LGBTQ+ content creators.

The ban has been looming since President Biden signed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, last year, after US intelligence officials warned that TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, might be a security risk – as they’re based in China, with fears the app may push pro-Chinese propaganda to users. ByteDance were given nine months to sell the app to an American buyer or be banned.

Many US TikTok users, angry about the ban and also the perceived anti-Chinese sentiment behind it, decided to flock to similar China-based app Xiaohongshu, called “RedNote” in English, sending it flying

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