China is known both for its rapid economic growth as well as the lack of human rights in the country. Though the homosexuality prevails in the country, none dare to come out in the public fearing consequences where it has been viewed as taboo. Not anymore. Last Wednesday, the state press in its front page featured a photo of publicly married gay couple for the first time in the country. That shows the openness of the China to homosexuality. The couple Zeng Anquan, 45, and Pan Wenjie, 27, tied the knot at a gay bar which according the paper the first such public event in the country. China’s first government –backed gay bar opened last December in Yunnan province. As recent as 2001, homosexuality was officially considered a form of mental illness. The one child policy of China and the preference for boys in the family has resulted in uneven ratio between men and women and the state media recently reported that by 2020, approximately 24million Chinese men will lack wives. http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/11/china.bride.shortage/index.html. Could the homosexuality be an option to this issue?
Submitted By: Namgyel Dorji
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/China-showcases-its-first-gay-marriage-/articleshow/5442581.cms
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