Jack Kapac, Culture/Communy/Race: Che Gay Men and the Polics of Inty, Anthropologi, Vol. 40, No. 2 (1998), pp. 169-181
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
A more assertive, self-reliant Cha has rulted a subtle but nstant narrowg of gay spac * gay in chinese culture *
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.
UNRSTANDG CHE GAY MEN’S AND LBIANS’ EXPERIENC OF COPG WH THE PRSURE TO MARRY OM THE LENS OF SUZHI DISURSE
Gay-datg app Blued has more than 22 lns ers—that’s more than Grdr. * gay in chinese culture *
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.
IT’S ACTUALLY OK TO BE GAY CHA ONLE—JT DON’T ASK FOR EQUAL RIGHTS IRL
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.