Li and Xu fell love a untry where gay marriage and surrogacy are illegal. Their stggle – and succs – is part of a growg trend<br>
Contents:
- CHE EROTIC WRER TIANYI JAILED FOR 10 YEARS OVER EROTIC GAY SEX SCEN
- FOUR YEARS, TWO NTENTS: A GAY CHE UPLE'S JOURNEY FOR A SURROGATE SON
CHE EROTIC WRER TIANYI JAILED FOR 10 YEARS OVER EROTIC GAY SEX SCEN
The thor of a gay porn novel has been sentenced to more than 10 years prison Cha promptg outrage on social by her wrg alias Tianyi, the thor—surnamed Liu—was jailed for "producg and sellg pornographic materials" October, The South Cha Morng Post reported. It scribed a forbidn love affair between a teacher and stunt which officials said was filled wh "graphic pictns of male homosexual sex scen" suffed wh state-backed tabloid Global Tim reported that the book tailed "perverted sexual acts like vlatn and abe. 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.
FOUR YEARS, TWO NTENTS: A GAY CHE UPLE'S JOURNEY FOR A SURROGATE SON
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.
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. Li and Xu, a gay uple who have been together sce 2007, would walk out of the airport, get married two days later Los Angel, and, more important, start their journey toward 2015 to 2018, Li and Xu ma four transpacific trips as part of their gtatnal surrogacy procs.
They traveled nearly 50, 000 , spent more than $200, 000, and went through untls days of distrs, all to fulfill the dream of havg their own creasg number of Che gay men, like Li and Xu, are travelg thoands of and spendg hundreds of thoands of dollars to pursue a dream that is impossible at home. Bee gay upl are not allowed to marry or adopt Cha, they started thkg about surrogacy. Photograph: Courty Quiguang Li and Wei XuFor this story, I spoke to a dozen gay Che men who have begun or pleted surrogacy the Uned Stat.