The organizers of an LGBT conference in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, claimed that they were forced to cancel the event after the conference venue cancelled their booking, and that they will suspend holding such events for now.

The conference, organized by Speak Out, a Chinese LGBT organization, was supposed to start on Sunday. However, it was cancelled after Jinsha theatre cancelled the group's booking, giving the reason that "other official activities were scheduled to be held at the venue," the Chinese founder of the organization, who called himself Matthew, told the Global Times.

The activity was aimed at eliminating discrimination against LGBT groups and spread the group's message among more people, according to a release from the organization's website.

The organization had faced several roadblocks in holding this conference lately. In May, the event was "cancelled" after a warning was issued by the local government of Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Matthew told the Global Times previously. Prior to that, their bookings of venues in Xi'an were cancelled several times for various reasons.

"But this time in Chengdu, we did not try a second time. And we'll stop holding similar events in the next few years," Matthew said. Read more via Global Times