Chinese goths share selfies to protest discrimination

Chinese goths are sharing selfies to show solidarity with a woman who was asked to remove her makeup at a subway station.

Chinese goths are sharing selfies on Weibo. Source: Weibo

Thousands of Chinese goths are sharing selfies on social media, protesting what they call discrimination over the way they look.

The social media frenzy started after a female university student from Guangzhou said she was stopped by a staff member at a subway station, who asked her to remove her heavy makeup.

Thousands of Chinese goths have shared photos on Weibo. Source: Weibo

The Guangzhou Metro has since apologised to the woman.

But, on Chinese social media site Weibo, many goths are still sharing their experiences - under the hashtag "take a selfie for the Guangzhou Metro".

In China, the goth sub-culture was popularised through Japanese manga, vampire novels, and pop music.