The Bitten Peach and the Cut Sleeve — Making Queer History
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We move now from Germany to ancient China, to two of the most famous gay couples in Chinese history and the sources of some of the most recognizable queer symbols in China: the bitten peach and the torn sleeve. While these are not common symbols in most Western media, it is used in China as code phr

even though the article has the warning, just a heads up that the linked article has mentions of suicide in it.

I won’t lie, I learned about it from a voice actress for a video game that I’m a bit ashamed to admit I play, but I thought it was something neat I had never heard of before. I thought I would share! the stories mentioned are gay men, but I had originally heard it in the context of two women.

edit: labeled it NSFW because of the picture in the article.