https://www.scmp.com/rss/500253/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The recent furore surrounding the soon-to-open M+ museum of visual culture in Hong Kong reminds us that the portrayal of nudity and the discussion of sex remains a taboo for many people in Hong Kong despite the city’s outward appearance as a cosmopolitan, open society. Critics of M+ insist that, national security law aside, its collection is problematic because it features “pornography” and portrayals of homosexuality that they consider to be indecent and obscene. There will always be art in any... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-music/article/3133331/art-and-sexual-taboos-when-hong-kong-museum-art?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-music/article/3133331/art-and-sexual-taboos-when-hong-kong-museum-art?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 May 2021 01:15:08 +0000 It was near midnight on a Saturday in a Beijing club, and Charlie Van De Ho (who declined to use his real name) was backstage, ready to make his drag debut in a few moments. Hair tucked, blonde wig clipped in place, Charlie jumped onto the stage when Rihanna’s "Pour It Up" started playing. He danced and twerked to the song in a pencil skirt, a tiny black bra and a pair of brown knee-high boots. “I was the third queen to perform,” Charlie told us on the phone after the show. “My song was meant to... https://www.scmp.com/identity/becoming-charlie-beijing-first-time-drag-queen/article/2152041?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/identity/becoming-charlie-beijing-first-time-drag-queen/article/2152041?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Jun 2018 09:15:30 +0000