One of the world’s largest gay dating apps is run by an ex-cop in China

Ma Baoli, CEO of BlueCity, China's largest dating app for gay men, poses for a portrait at the BlueCity headquarters in Beijing. (Photo: AFP / Noel Celis)

Browsing the internet as a young policeman in China, Ma Baoli recalls the sheer volume of web pages telling him he was a pervert, diseased and in need of treatment – simply because he was gay.

“I felt extremely lonely after…