Opn | Cha’s LGBT muny don’t need Wtern ‘gay pri’ | South Cha Morng Post

Contents:

• BEG GAY CHA HAS GOTTEN HARR UNR XI JPG
• UNRSTANDG CHE GAY MEN’S AND LBIANS’ EXPERIENC OF COPG WH THE PRSURE TO MARRY OM THE LENS OF SUZHI DISURSE
• IT’S ACTUALLY OK TO BE GAY CHA ONLE—JT DON’T ASK FOR EQUAL RIGHTS IRL

BEG GAY CHA HAS GOTTEN HARR UNR XI JPG

Durg this year’s Pri Month, soccer star Li Yg ma history as Cha’s first female athlete to e out publicly as gay, a ndid seri of celebratory photos posted on social media, showg her posg happily alongsi her partner. In years past, June was filled wh LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer) events major ci such as Shanghai and Beijg, durg which Cha’s sexual mori uld semi-openly celebrate their inty. Some also spect a more direct lk between the crackdown on LGBTQ rights and top officials’ worldviews, which for many were shaped durg the Cultural Revolutn the 1960s and ’70s, when thori attempted to purge any “non-socialist” elements — cludg homosexualy — om Che society.

However, homosexualy was generally an accepted part of the culture many Asian untri until the Wt troduced s puranil Christian relig iology and played an fluential role brgg an end to the long-standg tradns this part of the world. Take for example Cha, where rerds and acunts of homosexualy datg om Imperial Cha to the Che Cultural Revolutn (1949), monstrate that, bar a few ‘blips’ where was nigrated, homosexualy was typilly accepted lol Che culture.

Although dividual Asian untri have shown differg gre of tolerance to homosexualy throughout history, our unrstandg of prevailg cultural attus has generally seemed to signal acceptance most Asian untri.

UNRSTANDG CHE GAY MEN’S AND LBIANS’ EXPERIENC OF COPG WH THE PRSURE TO MARRY OM THE LENS OF SUZHI DISURSE

A more assertive, self-reliant Cha has rulted  a subtle but nstant narrowg of gay spacPhotographer: GREG BAKER/AFPHello, I’m Colum Murphy, a reporter on our Cha ernment team based Beijg, wh a look at the steady erosn of gay life Cha.

Latk, Amic EdorAbstractChe gay men and lbians are faced wh multiple challeng by livg a heteronormative society, and marriage is nsired to be a major ncern among this group of people. Anchorg om the lens of suzhi disurse, this rearch rried out a qualative study by terviewg 21 gay men and lbians to explore how they refer to the suzhi disurse to jtify their choic when faced wh the prsure to marry, so as to align themselv more wh the mastream social valu. Rults dite that when faced wh the prsure to marry, gay men and lbians refer to the suzhi disurse to nstct a posive same-sex inty and civilized muny, pursue civilized same-sex relatnships, or nstct a flexible life.

IT’S ACTUALLY OK TO BE GAY CHA ONLE—JT DON’T ASK FOR EQUAL RIGHTS IRL

In orr to addrs the gaps, this rearch llected qualative data om gays and lbians to analyze how they al wh the prsure to marry by adjtg their practic to adapt to the disurse of civilizatn. Rearch wh this area maly vtigat reasons for gay men and lbians to get married, how they al wh the maral prsure, and how their pg strategi fluence people, terms of reasons to get married, social stigma rulted om beg gay, sgle, and unmarried is the primary source of prsure that motivat gay men and lbians to get heterosexually married [7].

This heterosexist opportuny stcture strictly promot heterosexual relatnships but disurag same-sex relatnships [13] the pg strategi to alleviate their maral prsure, many Che gay men and lbians choose to nceal their same-sex inty and marry heterosexuals to manift their mment to reproductn and filial piety [3, 14].