Weibo to ban gay, violent content from platform

Perhaps this is stating the obvious, but I don't think there's universal agreement on what constitutes "social progress".

Don't overthink it, this is China. There is no protection of free speech, quite the contrary, a lot worse is done on a daily basis by that government than yet another form of social media censorship.

and the guy that decided this got essentially a lifetime job offer. Not good.

Yes, people who don’t follow the primary social narrative (which, funnily enough, revolves around being white, cis, heterosexual, male-and-dominant or female-and-submissive, and so on and so forth) have always been seen as a threat. For a small amount of time, a group consisting primarily of gay men with minimal demands (i.e. stop directly physically harming us and, later, change a couple of forms) were in a political position in the West such that they couldn’t be ignored.

China's veer towards a more conservative, centralised political atmosphere as it has become the world's 2nd largest economy over the past decade has certainly wiped out much of the recent progress in gay rights within its borders.

However, speaking of things getting worse for LGBT people world-wide, one trend dominates all others. Nothing else even comes close to the effect the growth of Islam. Both its intensification in previously moderate countries, such as Egypt, and its spread into left-leaning, mainstream politics in western Europe have been nothing short of catastrophic for LGBT communities.

Unfortunately, both economic and political pressures can make it hard to criticize bad ideas, including on this site. The idea that homosexuality should result in social media restrictions, or in being thrown off a roof is a bad idea and should not be defended for either economic or political reasons.

Where are things getting worse besides China?