Chinese Gays Emerge from the Shadows - 北京周报 But gay life in China is gradually becoming less repressive There are now gay bars across the nation as well as in its main cities of Beijing and Shanghai Gay organizations are also a much-needed source of help for disease control departments' administration of anti-AIDS campaigns, by virtue of the information they seek out and provide
Dictionarys exclusion of gay terminology sparks criticism "It's unacceptable that the 'gay' meaning of 'tongzhi' was excluded from the dictionary, a reference book written for all, simply because of the compilers' own preferences and values," said "Nan Feng," a homosexual who has been working on an anti-AIDS campaign aimed at homosexuals in the southwestern metropolis of Chongqing for 12 years
Chinas gay group finds a public place to call home-gay,-English Sun Xiaowei, who once sought medical treatment when he realized he was gay in college, now is a center volunteer "I love the sentence 'I am what I am' Everyone's individuality and choice should be respected," said Sun, 25, who helps run the book and DVD sale, movie screenings and other activities organized by the center
Pageant brings Chinas gay community under spotlight Steven Zhang, 30, with his strong jaw, looks like he could be a special forces soldier, but he is one of eight men vying to be the first Mr Gay China The winner of the event in Beijing Friday will represent China in the Worldwide Mr Gay Competition (Feb 10 to 14) in Oslo
Ang Lee: Asian audiences more accepting of gay subject - 中国青年网 Director Ang Lee said Saturday he thinks Asian audiences are generally more accepting of gay subject matter than Americans, after a movie theater in the US state of Utah owned by a Mormon abruptly pulled his new film, the gay cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain "
Chinese Gays Emerge from the Shadows - 北京周报 "My statistics show that barely 10 percent of Chinese parents are able to accept that their offspring are gay," says Wu "I think cctv com gets much higher percentages because most of the interviewees understand gays, and some of them are homosexual themselves "