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Marriage 'no longer special' if gay people allowed to wed, says Hong Kong government". The Independent. 2019-05-30 . Retrieved 2019-07-03. There is no anti-discrimination provision for sexual orientation or gender identity under Chinese labour law. Labour law specifically protects workers against discrimination on the basis of a person's ethnicity, gender or religion. [55] On 12 April 2021, the Shenyang Intermediate People's Court in Liaoning province ruled that a 79-year-old woman could not sue her female partner of 50 years, whom she accused of stealing 294,000 yuan from her bank account, because their relationship is not recognized as a marriage in China. [39] Beijing [ edit ]Throughout written Chinese history, the role of women is given little positive emphasis, with relationships between women being especially rare. One mention by Ying Shao, who lived about 140 to 206, does relate palace women attaching themselves as husband and wife, a relationship called dui shi. He noted, "They are intensely jealous of each other." [12] Lee, Po-Han (2020-01-01). "Multiplicity of Queer Activism in East Asia: A Cosmopolitan Imagination for Justices". Advances in Sociology Research. Volume 30.

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] All the gentlemen and officials esteemed it. All men in the realm followed this fashion to the extent that husbands and wives were estranged. Resentful unmarried women became jealous. [17] Gay Chinese man wins legal battle over forced conversion therapy". BBC. 4 July 2017 . Retrieved 26 July 2017. China's Weibo reverses ban on 'homosexual' content after outcry". the Guardian. 2018-04-16 . Retrieved 2021-03-07. Kuo, Lily (5 July 2019). "Taiwan's marriage law brings frustration and hope for LGBT China". The Guardian.In 1912, the Xinhai Revolution toppled the Qing dynasty and its explicit prohibition of ji jian was abolished by the succeeding states. [1]

Woman Receives 10-Year Prison Sentence in China For Writing Boys-Love Novels". Anime News Network. 23 November 2018. In 2020, a court in Beijing said that a transgender woman was covered by anti-discrimination protections pertaining to sex, and her employer was obligated to treat her as female, because she had legally transitioned. [65]

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Human Rights Report: China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau)". U.S. State Department. Archived from the original on 2018-04-22. Xi'an police detained nine members of the gay advocacy group Speak Out hours before the conference it was hosting was slated to start.