First round of sex-change operations a success for 25-year-old Yunnan twins
A pair of 25-year-old twins from Yunnan have successfully received the first round of their female-to-male gender reassignment surgery at Shanghai's No. 411 Hospital of People's Liberation Army. They are now seeking to be the first twins in the country to officially change their gender.
Dong Zhen of Shanghai Daily reports:
In China, their legal gender will remain "female" until all the surgical steps are completed and they go through the legal application for a gender-swap registry with the police.
But the question now is whether they will pull through the final move toward the legal change.
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Activist and film maker talks on gay life in modern China
(By Matthew Jenkin)Gay activist and film maker Xiaogang Wei will be giving a talk in London on how queer activism is changing the face of modern China.
Documenting China's Queer Narrative, at London's School of Oriental and African studies (SOAS) on Thursday (29 March), aims to 'demystify' the Asian country's gay community.
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An Estimated 10 Million Chinese Women Are Married to Gay Men, Many Deceived Into Unions
Drag queen performers get ready to take part in mainland China's first Gay Pride week at a bar in Shanghai June 13, 2009. The Gay Pride week celebrations continued in Shanghai despite cancellations of some of the festival's events by city authorities earlier in the week, according to media reports (Nir Elias/Reuters)
It is estimated that 10 million Chinese women are married to gay men, and that about 80 to 90 percent of homosexual Chinese men plan to marry or have married women, according to a Chinese professor who surveyed 1,500 Chinese gay men.
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First UK conference on gay China begins this week
The event begins tomorrow at the University of Manchester (Photo: Alex Carisey)
(by Stephen Gray)A dozen leading figures from the Chinese gay and lesbian community will speak at The University of Manchester this week in the first event of its kind in the UK.
From 22 to 24 March, activists, academics, and filmmakers will share their experience with European counterparts to correct misconceptions about being gay in China.
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China's gays celebrate love on Valentine's Day
BEIJING - Tiantian bought a bunch of red roses for Valentine's Day to give not to his partner, but to elderly people in a retirement home in the southern city of Guangzhou.
The gay couple marked the romantic day in the retirement community by helping the elderly clean rooms, wash clothes and trim their nails.
"We just want to make this day a little bit more meaningful," Tiantian said. "Of course, we will have a hearty candlelight dinner after this to celebrate the 10th year of our love."
On Tuesday evening, thousands of gay men and women flocked to Destination, a popular gay bar in Beijing, to celebrate
