Qiao Qiao

{{short description|Chinese singer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}} '''Qiao Qiao''' ({{lang-zh|s=[[wikt:乔|乔]] [[wikt:乔|乔]]|p=Qiáo Qiáo}}; born c. 1980) is a Chinese singer.

The first openly lesbian<ref>[http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/article.php?articleid=1749&viewarticle=1 China singer releases first lesbian song] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235804/http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/article.php?articleid=1749&viewarticle=1 |date=September 26, 2007 }}</ref> artist in [[China]], she released her first single called "Ai Bu Fen" (爱不分), which translates as "Love does not discriminate", in 2006. A video clip for the song showed two [[ballerina]]s in love, but social conventions would not allow them to kiss. The government "made no effort to suppress the song".<ref name="Advocate">{{cite news |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-18468132_ITM |title=China girl: Qiao Qiao appreciation |date=September 12, 2006 |publisher=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |access-date=April 15, 2008}}</ref>

In 2000, she opened the first lesbian bar in China (located in Beijing), Maple Bar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newurbanquestion.ifou.org/proceedings/3%20The%20Urbanized%20Society/poster%20papers/B034_Teng_Jingru_Lesbian%20Spaces%20in%20Beijing.pdf |title=LESBIAN SPACES IN BEIJING |date=2009 |website=newurbanquestion.ifou.org |access-date=2020-10-03 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213084119/http://newurbanquestion.ifou.org/proceedings/3%20The%20Urbanized%20Society/poster%20papers/B034_Teng_Jingru_Lesbian%20Spaces%20in%20Beijing.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

She was the first guest on ''Tong Xing Xiang Lian'' (''Gay Connections''),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21512984-5003402,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524035308/http://www.webcitation.org/5dJKvzz0s?url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21512984-5003402,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |title=China opens first online gay chat show |date=April 5, 2007 |work=[[The Courier-Mail]] |access-date=April 15, 2008}}</ref> a one-hour video webcast that debuted in 2007 on [[Phoenix Television|PhoenixTV.com]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://en.ce.cn/Life/trend/200704/09/t20070409_10975095.shtml |title=Gay TV show debuts online |work=Kaleidoscope |date=April 9, 2007 |publisher=China Economic Net |access-date=April 15, 2008 |archive-date=May 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518042307/http://en.ce.cn/Life/trend/200704/09/t20070409_10975095.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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