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viewBox="-12.75 -10.5 35 35" fill="none" xmlns=" bookmarkSiBarLabel="New!"><tle>Save this</tle><path fill-le="evenodd" clip-le="evenodd" d="M0 0h9.588v14.345L4.794 11.46 0 14.345V0zm.673.673v12.482l4.12-2.48 4.122 2.48V.673H.673z" fill="#FFF"></path></svg></div></a></li></ul></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></asi></hear></div><div data-attribute-verso-pattern="article-body" class="ArticlePageContentBackGround-cNiFNN kAwnHf article-body__ntent"><div class="ArticlePageChunksContent-etcMtP bwyLBj"><div data-ttid="ArticlePageChunks" class="ArticlePageChunks-fLyCVG eOdfIs"><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa bmbVTi body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>In June last year, more than 100 lols and expats gathered on the lawn of the <a href=">Temple Hoe</a>, Chengdu’s most stylish hotel, to celebrate the marriage of an amic-turned-entreprenr om the U.S. and a Sichuan-born lawyer. The gutlist didn’t que end there though: 150,000 more people watched the service live streamed by Yu Shi, an LGBTQ+ activist and enthiastic gut.</p><p>Shi also happens to own the cy’s most famo lbian bar, Moonflower, which she opened 2002. The low-roofed hut has a few stools and chairs on s pat; a large, rabow-lored half-moon on s sign is the only ht the place is anythg other than another of the cy’s famo tea rooms. It was there that the happy uple, Pat Tietgens and Michelle Zhang, first met. Same-sex marriage isn’t legally regnized Cha—the uple’s official paperwork was filed stati—but the ceremony drew such attentn bee was the first, high-profile lbian weddg the untry.</p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p>In fact, the first wily reported gay marriage <a href=">Cha</a> also took place Chengdu. That was eight years ago, when archect Zeng Anquan married his partner, ary vet Pan Wenjie. It’s no cince that both same-sex ceremoni occurred here: Chengdu, the pal of Sichuan provce, has bee the Middle Kgdom’s unofficial LGBTQ+ pal. So much so, that ’s <a href=">earned the soubriquet Gaydu</a> among Che lennials. Demographic data Cha is notorly hard to source or verify, but most anecdotal evince suggts the proportn of lols who intify as LGBTQ+ is markedly higher than larger ci like Shanghai or <a href=">Beijg</a>.</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p>Internatnally, of urse, the cy is renowned for panda-spottg (80 percent of the 1,800 or so giant pandas still livg the wild are the Sichuan provce, and major rearch facili are based Chengdu) as well as s <a href=">food</a>—fiery Sichuane stapl, such as mapo tofu and kung pao chicken, form the backbone of many Che rtrant men the U.S.. Domtilly, Chengdu is also synonymo wh a slow-paced liftyle pared wh the eic day to day of Shanghai and the buttoned-up burecrats who live Beijg. Lols are renowned for spendg hours idlg over a cup or two at Chengdu’s numero teaho.</p><figure class="CneVioEmbedFigure-kCfJjN hdJOda e-vio-embed"><div data-ttid="script-ntaer"></div></figure><p>A healthy work/life balance is a signature of the Chengdune; and that laid-back approach is prent every aspect of life there—cludg social mor. It nfers on the lols a reputatn for tolerance that has helped s LGBTQ+ populatn feel more fortable beg open and out. “It’s the liftyle here—people don’t work so hard, they’re outdoors all the time,” says Kurt Macher, the openly gay general manager of the Temple Hoe. “People look at you here, they se and they don’t re. I see many gay Che upl walkg down by the river, hand hand, and I’ve never seen that Beijg, Shanghai, or even Hong Kong.”</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB kNleGZ sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--rail" data-no-id="f1hi9"></div></div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--display-rail" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--display-rail"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="7bq4n7"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa bmbVTi body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Wei Lai is an openly gay profsor at a lol mic llege who was born and brought up Chengdu. “Everybody Cha knows that Chengdu is a very famo gay cy. It’s much easier to be gay here than Shanghai or Beijg. There’s no judgment. Gay men n hold hands and no one r,” he says. “In Beijg, people would re.”</p><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot---ntent" data-no-id="gxhdvp"></div></div><p>Certaly, the lols’ reputatn for tolerance has been a ccial factor creatg such a thrivg LGBTQ+ scene, but quirks of geography have been val, too. Far om Beijg, Chengdu has always received ls scty om the ernment—whether now or the Imperial era. Put another way, the cy uld crib an unofficial motto om another, glzier cy here the U.S.: <em>What happens Chengdu, stays Chengdu</em>.</p><asi aria-hidn="te" class="PullQuoteEmbedWrapper-sc-EoVjf fQbAzo"><div class="PullQuoteDerativeBorr-sc-iUyOLj gXJTTx"></div><div class="PullQuoteEmbedContent-sc-kTcfhx ffvcRI"><p>“Everybody Cha knows that Chengdu is a very famo gay cy. It’s much easier to be gay here than Shanghai or Beijg. There’s no judgment."</p></div></asi><p>While Cha crimalized homosexualy 1997, and removed om an official list of mental disorrs four years later, taboos still persist, pecially more ral areas. Chengdu, meanwhile, is one of the few major ci the wt of Cha, and as such has long been a draw for those throughout Sichuan who felt ls fortable, perhaps, their village or town. Michelle Zhang, 38, was one of them. “I moved here when I was 19 or 20 years old, and I uld immediately feel the difference,” she says. “Chengdu people are jt more relaxed and iendly.”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-1 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>The st of livg is cheaper here, too—rents n be 30 percent lower than the east ast hubs, which keeps the populatn younger and so likely more open-md. Take Chengdu’s mic scene, which has bee the heartland of an emergg Che language hip hop and trap culture, spearhead by the lik of the <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Higher Brothers</a>, a quartet of lol rappers. There’s also a thrivg WeWork-like shared office ncept, Base & Co, for lol lennial creativ si the 339 Shoppg Mall unr the Wt Pearl TV tower—and clus a uple of nightclubs, wh a typil Chengdune emphasis on enjoyg life.</p><p>But Zhang believ that history has played a part, too. In the 17th century, Chengdu was the pal of a rebel kgdom, led by Zhang Zianzhong. When the Manchu army om Beijg bore down on him, he massacred swath of lols, leavg the cy virtually unhabed when was reptured by Imperial forc. The Emperor then orred cizens om elsewhere the untry to move there and rebuild Chengdu. It created a classic meltg pot atmosphere that weled, and assiated, anyone.</p><div data-ttid="feature-large-llout" class="CalloutFeatureLargeWrapper-cGjDsT exytHz"><div class="ContentCardEmbedWrapper-kULtsE iGAJsG ntent-rd-embed ntent-rd-embed--stacked" data-ttid="ContentCardEmbedWrapper"><div class="ContentCardEmbedImage-iwqgVw jlIubp ntent-rd-embed__image" data-ttid="ContentCardEmbedImage"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="Image may nta: Plant, Food, and Pizza" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></div><div class="ContentCardEmbedInfo-bDftKl bGnSrq"><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ContentCardEmbedHed-kJVPGC iUEiRd lcmQdU cewqFA ntent-rd-embed__hed" data-ttid="ContentCardEmbedHed"><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ContentCardEmbedHedLk-eXLwe iUEiRd lcmQdU hXISKO eFUKSb ntent-rd-embed__hed-lk" href="/story/street-food-l-you-dont-know-youre-breakg--asia" data-ttid="ContentCardEmbedHedLk">12 Street Food Rul You Don't Know You're Breakg Asia</a></div></div></div></div><p>“Historilly, ’s been a cy of outsirs—’s like the Gold Rh <a href=">California</a>, when all the outsirs me ,” adds Tietgens, Zhang’s wife. She is om Northern California herself, but first moved to Chengdu while still at universy, keen to study the LGBTQ+ populatn as part of her gree. “That outsir culture is part of the lol inty. You learn to be more flexible how you view people.”</p><p>The social scene many high profile LGBTQ+-iendly ci tend to skew male, and Chengdu there are certaly gay-foced venu—take nightclub <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Max</a>, and the Thursday’s weekly Pri party at <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Unrground bar</a>, n by openly gay English expat Gary Daniels. But Chengdu is unual that there is also a vibrant and visible lbian muny, fillg bars like Queen Bee and Yu Shi’s Moonflower (though the latter has recently, and unexpectedly, been threatened wh closure). It's a legacy of the cy’s reputatn as beg ls macho and patriarchal than many Che ci, acrdg to Tietgens, whose this explored this topic. She pots out that would be appealg to women lookg for a safe, female-foced space: “Chengdu is famo for betiful women wh a quick temper, who wear the pants. Men here tend to be ls domant—straight men aren’t ashamed to ok for their wiv at home,” she says.</p><p>More recently, Tietgens says, pop culture tervened via a female, fan favore nttant on Cha’s <em>The Voice</em>-style sgg ntt was om Chengdu. Though not openly gay, onle chatter about her viss to lbian bars and her var girliends was wispread. “I’ve heard people say, ‘Oh, wow bee of this sger om Chengdu, that’s why I want to go there.’”</p><p>Though she and her wife are now livg the U.S., Tietgens lov her adopted home cy. “Shanghai and Beijg have a lot of outsi fluence on the lol culture,” she says. “But Chengdu seems to have s own way of advotg for gays and lbians that is totally, thentilly Che.”</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB jxBcTH sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--rail" data-no-id="pkvt9w"></div></div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--display-rail" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot 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ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

A supposed requt for a webse for a same-sex weddg played a mor role a major clash between ee speech and gay rights at the Supreme Court. * gay wedding in china *

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTA supposed requt for a webse for a same-sex weddg played a mor role a major clash between ee speech and gay rights at the Supreme Supreme Court led last week that a Colorado graphic signer has the right to refe to create webs for same-sex Jiang for The New York TimAfter the Supreme Court led last week that a Colorado graphic signer has the right to refe to create webs for same-sex marriag, crics of the cisn raised qutns about a form clud urt papers the se that appeared to show that a gay uple had sought the servic of the signer, Lorie man who supposedly submted the form said he was unaware of s existence until a reporter for The New Republic lled him. ”The marriag have no legal weight Cha, where same-sex marriage is illegal, but upl are eager to solemnize their mment the ey of the state – even if ’s not their said that he’s done about a dozen marriag for gay upl Cha, though most of the time the upl are non-Che rints of Cha, or mixed upl where one person is a Che natnal and the other is not Che but liv Cha.

’”That Utah – a heavily Republin state where the nservative Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, better known as the Mormon church, holds signifint sway – has bee the legal venue of choice for gay upl abroad is due part to a legal quirk: Utah has no rincy or cizenship requirements for marriage licenc, and Provo, the state’s fourth-largt cy, allows onle ternatnal marriag.

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Siarly, although same-sex marriage is illegal Hong Kong, the law there regnis overseas marriag for tax purpos and also allows Hongkongers to apply for pendant visas for their same-sex of the Utah loophole began to spread on gay and lbian chat groups Cha, who learned to work around the ernment’s pervasive censorship, replacg phras like “same-sex” wh d phemisms like “bt iends” mostly leavg LGBTQ+ groups alone durg the early days of Xi Jpg’s le, Che thori have creasgly targeted the LGBTQ+ rights movement.

LEGAL QUIRK ALLOWS GAY UPL CHA TO GET MARRIED ONLE NSERVATIVE UTAH

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Markets Enomics Indtri Tech AI Polics Wealth Pursus Opn Bsweek Equaly Green CyLab Crypto A more assertive, self-reliant Cha has rulted  a subtle but nstant narrowg of gay spacPhotographer: GREG BAKER/AFPFebary 17, 2022 at 7:28 AM ESTHello, I’m Colum Murphy, a reporter on our Cha ernment team based Beijg, wh a look at the steady erosn of gay life Cha. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.

BEG GAY CHA HAS GOTTEN HARR UNR XI JPG

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For seven Che gay upl, a trip to California offered somethg that wasn’t legal at home: marriage upl were among hundreds who entered a high-profile onle ntt offerg an all-expens-paid Amerin dream Tuday, they wed at the Wt Hollywood Library — the same place where, two summers ago, gay upl married en masse after same-sex marriage beme legal mera crews surround her, Xue Mengyao sneaked a look at her bri-to-be, Xu Na, gettg her makp done and wearg a long whe drs wh lace and pearls. “In the past, homosexualy, gamblg and prostutn were all nsired dirty subjects and not allowed the media, ” said Li Yhe, a Che soclogist and as the untry’s enomy has veloped and tolerance has grown, the Che ernment has taken a somewhat agnostic approach toward homosexualy, neher banng nor endorsg , Li datg apps are popular Cha, and gay weddgs are creasgly attractg public tert. 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.

THE GAY UPLE FIGHTG FOR THE RIGHT TO MARRY CHA

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Maybe when we want to have a kid the future, I will try to have a long talk wh I did marry a woman once, so maybe tak the prsure off 2015, after Li and I had been together 11 years, Pflag Cha joed wh two webs to take selected gay upl to get legally married the Uned cid to have a go. (Supplied: Li and Duan)This year we celebrated our send anniversary by jog a special Pflag Cha event — a cise ship adventure where ne gay upl would get married tradnal Che a volunteer, I was rponsible for the stage equipment and marriag would not be legally regnised Cha, but when the ne upl entered their exquise red fery, wh blsgs and red envelop om their parents and a tradnal weddg song playg, I uldn't stop my tears Che culture, 's really important to have our parents' blsg when we marry. Lg Juedg (right) and Chen Liang kiss after exchangg weddg vows a ceremony Cha on June 27They were fyg the police, who had warned them agast holdg their event and had turned up to the ceremony, sparkg fears that uld be shut were also fyg the doctor who had once pumped Mr Lg full of dgs an attempt to 'cure' him of the supposed 'mental illns' of marriage is not regnised Cha so Mr Lg, 34, and Mr Chen, 27, rema legally, as they explaed to MailOnle their first major terview about the ceremony, they hope their act will help spire Cha to move towards a greater level of acceptance of homosexualy, followg same-sex marriage beg legalised across the US the day before their bash.

The uple exchange rgs at the ceremony, as hundreds of exced guts take pictur on their smartphon and meras The ceremony, central Beijg, was not jt one of happs – was one fyg police, the ernment and doctors who had prevly tried to 'cure' Mr Lg of homosexualy Gay marriage is not regnised Cha so Mr Lg (right), 34, and Mr Chen, 27, rema legally unmarriedThe uple hired a weddg planng pany to anise their ceremony but the planners had to sut over ten potential venu bee the lol ernment prsured them to turng the pair away, claims Mr Lg, the CEO of a gay datg app lled Zank. Although the ernment has improved s relatnship wh the gay muny recently through posive relatns wh muny and dtry lears, prejudice agast homosexuals still abounds throughout Che gay Che people keep their sexualy a secret om their parents throughout their liv, often enterg sham marriag to keep up the chara. ' Although by that pot they were happy to be openly gay, like lns of young Che they were not so relaxed about their sexuali when they were Lg was 14 when he first me to know he was gay, a realisatn that occurred to him after he read about homosexualy beg scribed as a 'disease' a medil book.

IN WT HOLLYWOOD, GAY UPL OM CHA FULFILL A DREAM: MARRIAGE

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Anchorg om the lens of suzhi disurse, this rearch rried out a qualative study by terviewg 21 gay men and lbians to explore how they refer to the suzhi disurse to jtify their choic when faced wh the prsure to marry, so as to align themselv more wh the mastream social valu. Rearch wh this area maly vtigat reasons for gay men and lbians to get married, how they al wh the maral prsure, and how their pg strategi fluence people, terms of reasons to get married, social stigma rulted om beg gay, sgle, and unmarried is the primary source of prsure that motivat gay men and lbians to get heterosexually married [7]. This heterosexist opportuny stcture strictly promot heterosexual relatnships but disurag same-sex relatnships [13] the pg strategi to alleviate their maral prsure, many Che gay men and lbians choose to nceal their same-sex inty and marry heterosexuals to manift their mment to reproductn and filial piety [3, 14].

One aspect that suzhi specifilly emphasiz ntemporary Cha is people’s qualy of moraly, hence dividuals’ proper exprsns of their same-sex inty and practic are important to differentiate them om others who are ’s marriage stutn rts on the heteronormative disurse assigns homosexualy negative meangs om the followg dimensns.

Tryg to subvert nstrats exerted on them by extant social ventns, gay men and lbians this study distanced themselv om non-posive social reprentatns and voiced for, homosexualy was nstcted as a social beg stead of social practice that was associated wh negative nnotatns. Acrdg to participants, a stable and cent job will enable a longer lastg relatnship for gay men and lbians, which not only provi them higher social stat and shield social stigma, but also crease their nflicts regardg livg expendure if they hab wh their partners.

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

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Moreover, participants believed that a cent job wh high social stat and good payments will prevent gay men om havg fily affairs, as they value their reputatn and th would try to stay scere to their partners jt like heterosexual upl would do. On one hand, they did not need to ceive a straight person to marriage, as tongqi (straight women who marry gay men) were a group of people who were equently mistreated and even abed by their gay hbands, and therefore, the public fi ceptive marriage. On the other hand, for gay men and lbians who tend to get nomally married, they had to be more rourceful terms of fdg an appropriate nomal partner and beg able to afford the prospective expense of weddg and ftival fay visg gifts later kd of nomal marriage exposed some problems, though eful.

The legal power is another form of power exercised by the marriage stutn, as the legal disurse Cha renrs no protectn for gay men and lbians, and the only way this group of people want to obta certa rights is pretendg to be heterosexual.

Gay men are still wily associated wh HIV fectn and transmissn, and one study documents that even healthre profsnals hold this misnceptn, and their fear or homophobia pos a barrier to the health or well-beg to GLB members, pecially agg on [30].

TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT

An creasg number of gay men the untry are nformg to tradnal social norms -- by marryg lbians. * gay wedding in china *

However, different om existent fdgs, this paper perceiv how Che gay men and lbians’ al wh their maral prsure om a new angle of suzhi by intifyg how they tablish a high-suzhi inty and muny as well as e suzhi to jtify their different heteronormative disurse rried out by Che marriage stutn brought wh power equaly and manipulatns, which aimed to manver gay men and lbians to nformatn wh heteronormativy.

MY THREE WEDDGS: LIFE AS A GAY MAN CHA

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> * gay wedding in china *

However, Cha's open door polici the early 1980s set motn social and cultural chang that would lead Beijg to crimalize homosexualy 1997 and remove om an official list of mental disorrs time, major ci would wns lively gay and lbian scen wh the proliferatn of clubs and bars. "I know 's jt a proposal and 's most likely not gog to be realized the near future, but the fact this topic is now publicly and officially on the table giv the LGBT muny hope for the first time after years of hidg and stgglg, " she told NBC apparent change of stance is "a promisg and posive step, " said Hu Zhijun, director of PFLAG, another advocy group named after the large LGBTQ rights group the Uned shift even seemed to extend to the cema — the first gay kiss of the "Star Wars" film anchise recently ma to Cha's theaters. That followed a few months after scen of homosexualy the bpic "Bohemian Rhapsody" were leted by Che Cha's LGBTQ muny, the changg ernment stance reflects a changg climate of opn due to the "greater open-mdns" of the Che public, pecially the younger generatn, Hu Cha appears to be movg toward liberalizg s stance on LGBTQ issu reflects the "evable trend, " Peng said.

"The important thg is that 's no longer possible for society to stay where was 10 years ago, " Peng said, argug that the acceptabily of gay marriage to the younger generatn has "exceed" the imagatn of Che notg that Cha has s own dynamics and pace, Hu poted to Taiwan's legalizatn of same-sex marriage May, the first such legalizatn Asia, as proof that tradnal Che culture is open to same-sex Hu Xgdou, an pennt social affairs mentator based Beijg who is a former enomics profsor, Cha's shiftg stance reflects the untry's greater engagement wh the outsi world.

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

Twenty-seven-year-old Go and Lg Juedg, 34, hold their weddg ceremony Beijg on June 27, a day after the US Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage natnwi. But as gay upl across the world rejoiced the landmark cisn, Go and Lg stggled as both police and prejudice threatened their ceremony. * gay wedding in china *

Experts and members of the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) muny say that the fact LGBT people still feel pelled to nform to social norms, marry someone of the oppose sex and bear a child prov that they still have their work cut out for them tryg to change tradnal societal attus and elimate discrimatn agast homosexualy. Typilly experienced behd closed doors, the issue was thst to the spotlight last June, when a 31-year-old bri om Sichuan Provce jumped to her ath after disverg that her hband was all gay people Cha are satisfied wh this arrangement. "Most of the gay upl I know, even if their parents know that they're gay and are perfectly ok wh that, experience prsure to have a formal marriage to a member of the oppose sex that that rults a child, " Karl Dian is one such example.

He very clearly told me that I n date a girl, but one day, I have to get married and have my own fay, by which he means a heterosexual marriage, " said the Dian's mother, on the other hand, has never objected to her dghter's homosexualy. 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. Although this ia is unr fierce attack om some Cha’s younger generatn, still ronat wh many young Che people, cludg some gay men who are asked, or volunteer, to have a child to protect the mianzi of their parents and some of the parents, that means gog as far as phg their sons to the surrogacy journey.

UNRSTANDG CHE GAY MEN’S AND LBIANS’ EXPERIENC OF COPG WH THE PRSURE TO MARRY OM THE LENS OF SUZHI DISURSE

Photos of two elrly gay men who held a weddg the outskirts of Beijg last week have gone viral onle, stirrg discsn about gay rights Cha. * gay wedding in china *

Photograph: Courty Quiguang Li and Wei Xu“Enomic velopment Cha … has created a number of middle-class people, cludg those who are homosexual, ” observ Zhijun Hu, who, unr the noted alias “Ah Qiang”, has been workg as an LGBTQ+ activist Cha for more than 20 years. 885 – for every 1, 000 male newborns, there are only 885 femal – rankg last among all 153 untri US agenci and clics nfirm that gay Che tend parents have a noticeable preference for sons, though some note that they see the same preference across gay men of all wanted a son.

In the Group for Dads of Amerin Babi chat group, they ask qutns about practil thgs like supplements and discs the challeng of parentg, which is still generally viewed as a woman’s duty Zhou, a member of the chat group who is expectg his baby to be born through surrogacy 2020, says that most gay Che parents are particularly eager for rmatn about how to parent. ”The social scene many high profile LGBTQ+-iendly ci tend to skew male, and Chengdu there are certaly gay-foced venu—take nightclub Max, and the Thursday’s weekly Pri party at Unrground bar, n by openly gay English expat Gary Daniels.

FOR GAY CHE, GETTG MARRIED MEANS GETTG CREATIVE

Dcribed as "one foot firmly si the closet," Cha's largt ever gay pri ftival shows both how far the untry has e — and the lims that still exist on official tolerance of homosexualy. The thori, cg a lack of proper perms, stopped several events. * gay wedding in china *

This n lead to ser domtic problems, a drastic example beg 31-year-old Luo Honglg, who mted suici last year upon disverg that her new hband was gay (her fay’s lawsu agast the gay hband for d was rejected by a Chengdu urt last month). Cha Real Time Report edor Josh Ch speaks further about Beijg Intermediate People’s Court’s proposal wh The Wall Street Journal’s Deborah Kan, also talkg more broadly about the social acceptance of homosexualy Cha and ceremonial gay marriag:.

In 2015, veteran gay rights activist Chi Chia-wei – who has spent 30 years fightg for marriage equaly – filed a requt to the Constutnal Court askg for a lg on an article the island’s civil statg that marriage is between a man and a woman.

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

Taiwan’s lawmakers have passed a same-sex marriage bill, makg the first place Asia to brg gay marriage. * gay wedding in china *

Image source, Sameer SamudraImage ptn, Sameer (L) and Am stggled to fd a Hdu prit willg to marry themExclud by tradnal marriage ceremoni, Indian-Amerin gay upl the US are fdg new and unique ways to solemnise their unns, reports Sava Patel. Templ refg to host same-sex weddgs, prits hangg up on their phone lls or unwillg to tweak the ceremony to su them and, some s, not even showg up on the day of the weddg - the experienc have driven Indian-Amerin gay upl to fall back on iends and well-wishers to create unique ceremoni rooted their culture.

Younger generatn(s), multi-racial upl, gay upl, gay Asian Amerins, immigrants, pri, fay valu and … while I found the endg of this movie somewhat unrealistic (I'll let other viewers ci) I also found the film challengg and optimistic (which is where my realism tak over) should watch this movie if you are… Asian… gay… Asian AND gay… or simply want to learn somethg about another culture. Based on the te story of one of his iends the first half of the film, Lee and -wrer/producer Jam Scham take the story through a few s onto the (Wston Chao) is a gay Taiwane landlord New York wh his boyiend Simon (Mchell Liechtenste). Cross cultur and cross sexuali add dynamism and lour and more than ht of later films such as The Ice Harvt and (of urse) Brokeback don't have to be gay, or otherwise, or anythg particular, other than beg human to appreciate the story and s characters - a 20 somethg gay Taiwane man livg wh his boyiend New York and whose far-away mother is spendg all her time settg him up wh a possible wife.

GAO gave a red-paper-pack of money as a birthday gift to "his another son" Simon after attacked by apoplexy which e by knowg his son a gay man, and still asked Simon to assist himself pretendg unaware of 's a fabulo movie that mak me watch aga and aga and aga.

GAY WEDDG MAK A SPLASH ONLE

Basilly Taiwane-Amerin Wai-Tung Gao (Wston Chao) and Simon (Mchell Lichtenste) are a gay uple who have been livg happily Manhattan for ten years, his tradnal parents do not know and are eager to see him get married and have a child to ntue the fay le. The performanc are all well done, the directn is sharp, and is a simple ia done brilliantly well, a gay man hidg his sexualy and gettg married for nvenience, I found dramatic some plac as well as very funny, mak you lgh wh the mix of eastern and wtern culture clash, and the hilary om the plan that backfir, is a clever and most satisfyg edy. Asi om the ual discrepancy between ral and urban areas, there is also a large generatn gap: a 2016 survey showed that 35% of people born pre-1970 would reject a gay child, while only 9% of people born after 1990 would do the same.

Although timat vary, rearchers believe that Cha is home to the world’s largt populatn of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) dividuals: potentially as many as 70 ln, or about 5 percent of the populatn (BMC Public Health, May 12, 2020; Rters, Febary 20, 2020).

DIVORCE, MARRIAGE AND WHAT MEANS TO BE GAY CHA

For example, Zhang Tao (2018), summarizg rults of a survey of stunts at an unspecified PLA tnal stutn, exprs dismay that rponnts were unable to “rrectly” intify that male homosexuals spread HIV “more easily” than heterosexuals.

For example, Zhu Yunwu (2013), a master’s stunt at the PLA Nanjg Polil Amy, argu that homosexuals experience higher psychologil prsure om their fai and society and should be “provid better environments for workg, livg, and studyg.

CHA'S GAY PRI WEEK MIX CELEBRATN, CTN

Addrsg rults of a survey distributed to male service members which 58 percent agreed that “state laws should regnize the legaly of female homosexual behavr, ” Yan (2014) nclud that such rults monstrated the need “ to rry out health tn and help [service members] tablish a rrect unrstandg of sex. [7] Table 2 summariz fluential factors intified : Cheng Qi et al., “Attus of Servicemen toward Homosexuals and Their Servg the Milary”; Song Mi et al., “Invtigatn of Milary Medil Stunts’ Attus Toward Homosexualy and Relevant Influential Factors”; Yan Tongjun et al., “Attus of Young Che Male Servicemen Toward Homosexuals and Toward Homosexuals Servg the Milary”; Zhang Yili, et al., “Attus of Che Servicemen Toward Homosexuals Servg the Milary and Influential Factors.

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