Gay group finds a public place to call home
Center promotes understanding on a shoestring budget supply
In apartment 2108, there’s a small second-hand book market. It seems nothing special but the dozens of rainbow-colored signs decorating the room offer some clues to the uniqueness of the event.
This is a gay-themed sale in the unit, which functions as the Beijing LGBT Center, for the lesbian, [...]
My wife, your husband
By Mei Jia (China Daily)
Lesbian partners are tying the knot with gay couples to satisfy their parents, but find the deception exhausting. Mei Jia reports
Zhang Nana (not her real name), a 32-year-old working for a Beijing-based magazine, and her 58-year-old parents are caught in a crisis that threatens to tear apart the family.
But it was [...]
Homosexuality in China: Collateral damage, Neither comrades nor spouses
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“THERE are three ways of being an unfilial son,” argued Mencius, an ancient Confucian philosopher. “The most serious is to have no heir.” The desire for male descendants has had many baleful consequences in China, and in recent years one that used to be hidden has come to light. Millions upon millions of women are [...]
