Cha’s LGBTQ muny has long had to al wh not only societal prejudice but also prsure om the state: censorship, surveillance and timidatn, at tim even tentn by police. Durg the early 2000s, though, looked like thgs might be changg. Gay clubs flourished big ci and muny groups sprang up to offer social servic. The days, the feelg has fad. While ’s difficult to pot to any direct crackdown, the realy is that over the past ’s bee to
Contents:
- WHY THE COMMUNIST PARTY FEARS GAY RIGHTS
- CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
- BEG GAY CHA HAS GOTTEN HARR UNR XI JPG
WHY THE COMMUNIST PARTY FEARS GAY RIGHTS
A lawsu brought by a stunt is part of an effort to get schools, edors and publishers to regnize that beg gay is not a mental disorr. * china gay rights *
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. And while much of the reactn was posive, wh people sendg their ngratulatns, Li’s acunt was also undated wh a wave of homophobic abe. 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.
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
A Southern California school board on Friday adopted a social studi curriculum that clus gay rights that was approved by parents and teachers after ially rejectg . * china gay rights *
Cha crimalized homosexualy 1997 and removed om s official list of mental disorrs 2001.
Some LGBTQ people have blamed the crackdown on the rrect imprsn that homosexualy is a Wtern import to Cha, and groups supportg gay rights are liable to filtratn by foreign forc. 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. Durg the Cultural Revolutn, homosexuals were heavily persecuted and stigated as “ill, ” “unsirable, ” and “disgraceful.
In 1997, homosexualy was officially crimalized Cha. In 2001, homosexualy was removed om the official list of mental disorrs, curated by the Che Society of Psychiatry — though textbooks portrayg homosexualy as a mental disorr to be treated through nversn therapy rema circulatn to this day. A recent lg by a Jiangsu urt upheld the view that a universy textbook portrayg homosexualy as a “mental disorr” had not mted a factual error — such characterizatn was merely the rult of “perceptual differenc.
BEG GAY CHA HAS GOTTEN HARR UNR XI JPG
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Gay marriage remas legally unregnized both Hong Kong and the maland.