In Cha, Gay Marriage is Between a Man and a Woman - Atlas Obscura

Contents:

• IN CHA, GAY MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN
• FOUR YEARS, TWO NTENTS: A GAY CHE UPLE'S JOURNEY FOR A SURROGATE SON
• CHE GAY WEDDG THAT PTIVATED THE NATN OM POLICE THREATS TO 'DOCTORS'

IN CHA, GAY MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN

Fay and iends were supportive of uple, but gay marriage do not enjoy legal regnn Cha. Watch the vio above to learn about the uple’s cise was anized by a Che NGO lled PFLAG Cha, which enurag fay support for gay upl. Every year, hosts events, nsultatn ssns, and nferenc to enurage nversatns and unrstandg between gay upl and their fai.

In Cha there’s been a surge xghun, varly translated as “operative marriage” or “marriage-for-show”—that is, weddgs between gay men and lbian women. A young gay man Beijg says that right now probably 50 percent of gays choose xghun  orr to assiate to Cha’s nservative, fay-oriented society.

When gay men marry lbian women, thgs n get plited. Recent stori the prs have featured two lbian upl livg together, wh four gay hbands off on the si. Or married gay upl (as —a man and woman who are both gay) who have recently had a child but are still livg wh their rpective partners, and tryg to figure out what to tell their son as he gets olr.

FOUR YEARS, TWO NTENTS: A GAY CHE UPLE'S JOURNEY FOR A SURROGATE SON

Nohels, thoands of gay men and women are tyg the knot., the earlit and most active webse for gay men and women to fd stand- spo, currently has over 380, 000 ers and claims to have matched nearly 20, 000 upl sce started 2005.

While xghun is hardly ial, ’s an improvement om what’s already been gog on for centuri—gay men weddg heterosexual women and vice versa. Acrdg to rearch om Qgdao Universy, 80 percent of the timated 20 ln gay men Cha are fake marriag, meang that 16 ln Che women are currently married to gay men.

Until 1997, homosexualy was a crime Cha, and until 2001 was still classified as a mental illns. Add the One Child Policy, and you have gays feelg that their liftyle is “selfish” bee their parents have no other optns for grandchildren.

CHE GAY WEDDG THAT PTIVATED THE NATN OM POLICE THREATS TO 'DOCTORS'

“Gay okay, l[bian] no.

Acrdg to a 2013 Pew study, jt 21 percent of Che believe that society should accept homosexualy.

Even among stunts, there remas a strong anti-gay bias. Sce Cha’s legal system is seemgly signed to baffle, no one knows how gay marriage would be legally regnized even if had the right support. Gay men particular should be marryg each other, stead of marryg members of the creasg populatn of heterosexual women.