China Gay Rights

As Many As 16 Million Chinese Women Are Wed To Gay Men: Professor

Posted 02.03.2012

Though recent years have reportedly brought China's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community a bit more out of the shadows of old, a ne...

The Costs And Benefits Of Coming Out In China

Economic Observer/Worldcrunch | A Kuai | Posted 09.12.2011

After he left Tianjin last year, Zhang Xiaobai realized that homosexuals are not "rare birds." When he was still in primary school, Zhang (not his ...

Gays In China Turn To Marriages Of Conveniences

csmonitor.com | Posted 05.25.2011

In China, where homosexuality remains taboo, many gays enter marriages of convenience to satisfy family pressure to wed and have children. While they ...

Government-Backed Chinese Gay Bar In Yunnan Province Stays Empty

AP | TINI TRAN | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING — A new bar in southwestern China aimed at educating gay men about AIDS stayed conspicuously empty during its official opening as potent...

Mr Gay China: Police Force Pageant To Close

AP | ANITA CHANG | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING — Police shut down what would have been China's first gay pageant on Friday an hour before it was set to begin, highlighting the endurin...

Mr Gay China Gives Glimpse Of New Acceptance (VIDEO)

The Guardian | Tania Branigan | Posted 05.25.2011

There's a swimwear round and a talent section where contestants can show off their singing and dancing. But organisers insist the contest to be held t...

How Beijing Butchered Sean Penn's "Commie, Homo-Loving" Oscar Speech

David Flumenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

David Flumenbaum

Around Asia, mentions of "gay" or "lesbian" were muted out of the Oscars broadcast. But the award for the most creative censorship method goes to China's CCTV for its work during Sean Penn's speech.

China Gay Pride Week Squelched By State

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 05.25.2011

Police warned two Shanghai venues against hosting events, even as a state-run daily hailed the festival as a "showcase" of progress....