LGBT Rights Cha: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more.
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BEG GAY CHA HAS GOTTEN HARR UNR XI JPG
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 * gay rights china *
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.
A CLOSER LOOK AT GAY RIGHTS CHA
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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. Cha crimalized homosexualy 1997 and removed om s official list of mental disorrs 2001.
A more assertive, self-reliant Cha has rulted a subtle but nstant narrowg of gay spac * gay rights china *
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.
A gay stunt pos wh a rabow flag Beijg. Gay clubs flourished big ci and muny groups sprang up to offer social servic.
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. * gay rights china *
While ’s difficult to pot to any direct crackdown, the realy is that over the past ’s bee tougher to be gay Cha.
Homosexualy was crimalized 1997, but there are no explic legal protectns agast discrimatn based on sexual orientatn or genr inty. Gay Marriage⚭✖ Unregistered habatnCensorship✖ State-enforcedChangg Genr✖ Legal, but requir surgeryNon-bary genr regnn✖ Not legally regnizedDiscrimatnVari by RegnEmployment DiscrimatnVari by RegnHog DiscrimatnVari by RegnDonatg Blood✖ Banned (fe ferral)Conversn Therapy✖ Not banned.
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