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Are gay rights in the near future in China?

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The death of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo in a hospital under heavy guard in July highlighted the Chinese government's deepening contempt for rights. The near future for human rights appears grim, especially as Xi is expected to remain in power at least until 2022. read more

The gays in China experience the same equal rights to non gays. China in general does not have a hostile environment to gay people. Gays are not being actively bashed by others like most European countries. Most people simply do not care. I am speaking from personal experience. I have had gay classmates from first grade to high school. read more

Gay people do enjoy every rights as other Chinese people do except that gay marriage is illegal in China. But that doesn't mean gays cannot live together as long as they are lucky enough that the people around them are not homophobes or they have the courages to stand the discrimination. read more

Therefore, as far as the prospect of achieving equal rights for China’s gay community in the near future is concerned, there is no cause for undue optimism — but, crucially, there are no grounds for extreme pessimism, either. read more

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