Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture under Postsocialism (Literary Cultures of the Global South)

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The aristocratic poet Yu Xin was representative of the more subtle system of patronage which existed without the stigma of prostitution, whereby a poorer or younger man could provide sexual service to a more established man in return for political advancement. Yu Xin opened his home and provided a standing reference for the younger Wang Shao, who repaid him by serving as a sort of butler and sex provider. Wang Shao went on to become an official censor. [22] In the same year, the ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival opened. [82] [83] It was founded by Matthew Baren, a Shanghai-based filmmaker, [84] and Alvin Li, an LGBT volunteer who lives in the US and China. [85] [86] On December 31, 2015, the China Television Drama Production Industry Association posted new guidelines, including a ban on showing queer relationships on TV. The regulations stated: "No television drama shall show abnormal sexual relationships and behaviors, such as incest, same-sex relationships, sexual perversion, sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual violence, and so on." [87] These new regulations have begun to affect web dramas, [88] which have historically had fewer restrictions: Hong Kong gov't appeals High Court ruling on marriage benefits for gay couple". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. May 25, 2017.

Another example of the high status of homosexuality in Fujian province, clearly not shared by the centralized Chinese government by this time, was recorded by Qing official Zhu Gui (1731–1807), a grain tax circuit intendant of Fujian in 1765. Intending to standardize the morality of the people under his jurisdiction, he promulgated a "Prohibition of Licentious Cults". One cult which he found particularly troublesome was the cult of Hu Tianbao. As he reports,Tamagawa, Masami (2019). Japanese LGBT Diasporas: Gender, Immigration Policy and Diverse Experiences. Springer Nature. p.24. ISBN 978-3030310301. The country's anti-homosexuality laws were gradually repealed between 1975 and 1997 (Carbery 2010). ... Japan never had a sodomy law, except the so-called Keikanh o (1872–1880), which exclusively prohibited anal intercourse.

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De Guzman, Chad (21 March 2023). "A New Drug Law and Old Attitudes Threaten China's Trans Community". Time . Retrieved 15 April 2023. The Chinese Government requires parents adopting children from China to be in heterosexual marriages. [54] Adoption of Chinese children by foreign same-sex couples and homosexual individuals is prohibited by the Chinese authorities. [55] Discrimination protections [ edit ] a b Kong, Travis S.K. (2019). "Transnational queer sociological analysis of sexual identity and civic‐political activism in Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China". The British Journal of Sociology. 70 (5): 1904–1925. doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12697. ISSN 0007-1315.

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a b c "In China, Kids Of Unwed Mothers May Be Barred From Public Health Care, Education". NPR.org . Retrieved 2021-03-07. While many dissidents would be imprisoned, it is unclear if LGBT people were specifically targeted for oppression due to their sexual identity. Reportedly, Mao Zedong believed in the sexual castration of "sexual deviants" ( Randy Shilts. "Conduct Unbecoming" [48]) but little is known about the Communist Chinese government's official policy with regards to homosexuality prior to the 1980s. [ citation needed]

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Chan, Tara Francis. (24 May 2018). China's 'Great Firewall' is taller than ever under 'president-for-life' Xi Jinping. Business Insider. Germany References to homosexuality and the scientifically accurate words for genitalia were also banned. Writers who cover lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex; gender; and youth health issues expressed concern over how to proceed without being shut down." [156] China's population declines for the first time in decades". NBC News. 2023-01-17 . Retrieved 2023-11-26.