How gay Che hi their relatnships behd ‘sham marriag’
Contents:
- SECRETS AND WIV: GAY CHE HI BEHD 'SHAM MARRIAGE'
- WHY SHAM MARRIAG BETWEEN GAY MEN AND WOMEN ARE ON THE RISE
- FOR GAY CHE, GETTG MARRIED MEANS GETTG CREATIVE
- IN CHA, GAY MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN
- WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE
SECRETS AND WIV: GAY CHE HI BEHD 'SHAM MARRIAGE'
* china gay sham marriage *
Photo: AFP In Cha – where same-sex unns are not legal and homosexualy remas taboo – gay men and women are marryg each other Published: 2:15pm, 21 Nov, 2017 Updated: 6:58pm, 27 Nov, 2017 Xiaojg (left) and Xiaoxng cross a road Shenyang, where they live together. They had a specific type md: Gay. Searchg out suors for such a marriage of nvenience proved difficult, so she created an onle matchmakg fom to help others like her nform wh fay and societal prsur Cha, where same-sex marriage is not legal and homosexualy remas taboo.
She liv wh her partner, Xiaojg, 36, their dog and two ts Shenyang, the pal of northeastern Liaong provce, one of Cha's more nservative durg holidays and special ocsns, they separate to be wh their hbands' and fai, pretendg to be tradnal Cha beg openly gay is still ght wh difficulti. Some Che parents have even brought gay children to "nversn" clics for treatment.
Homosexualy was classified as a mental illns Cha until 2001 and a crime until 1997, and thori have arrted gay rights activists.
WHY SHAM MARRIAG BETWEEN GAY MEN AND WOMEN ARE ON THE RISE
Secrets and wiv: Gay Che hi behd 'sham marriage' * china gay sham marriage *
Around 90 percent of 20 ln gay men Cha are married to women who are ually straight and do not ially know their hband's real sexual orientatn, acrdg to a 2012 study om Qgdao Universy.
FOR GAY CHE, GETTG MARRIED MEANS GETTG CREATIVE
An creasg number of gay men the untry are nformg to tradnal social norms -- by marryg lbians. * china gay sham marriage *
The study did not look at lbians' gay men and women are creasgly marryg each other so-lled "operative" are no timat on the number of gay-lbian marriag, but several webs dited to them have popped up recent largt one,, says has amassed more than 400, 000 ers and facilated more than 50, 000 operative marriag the past 12 years.
IN CHA, GAY MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN
- Homophobia Cha -"When I turned 25, my parents started to really prsure me to get married. So I searched the ter for ias, " Xiaoxng started her own fom on the popular QQ social media platform to help gays like herself fd the ial fake spoe northeast Cha. The vio mak her "want to vom", she weeks of the ceremony, Xiaojg, her partner for eight years, had also wed a gay two women n a tradnal Che medil practise together, but they dite several hours each week to answer qutns on the onle matchmakg Xiaojg warns people terted operative marriag to be prepared for potential plitns.
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE
"But some gay rights activists own upon such arrangements.