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  • Beijing Winter Olympics Stands Accused Of Copying Frozen

    The Beijing winter Olympics might not be cold but they could certainly be Frozen…

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  • WATCH | The Fight Against Gay Cures In China

    A documentary by AJ+, the Al Jazeera digital video channel has uncovered China’s widespread practice of conversion therapy, or “gay cure”.

    The 8-minute documentary follows a gay man, Yanzi Peng, who launches a lawsuit against a clinic after he experienced their conversion therapy.

    The clinic claimed that they could make gay people heterosexual with the use of hypnosis and electric shock treatment.

    Homosexuality has been legal since 1991 in Hong Kong, and 1996 iin Macau. It was legalised nationwide in 1997. The Chinese Society of Psychiatry declassified homosexuality as a mental illness in 2001.

    China has no discrimination protections for its LGBT community.

  • Men charged for homosexual group sex in China

    Eight men have been charged for engaging in homosexual group sex in China.

    • 8 Men from the ages of 20-40 were discovered by police naked in hotel room
    • Participants were charged 50 yuan (£5) by the organiser to attend China.org,cn reports
    • The group was organised via chat service QQ

    Eight men in the Xuhui District, in Shanghai have been given detention or administrative penalties for participating in group sex, China.org.cn are reporting.

    According to the site, Mr. Wu, the organiser booked a hotel room and waited for attendees, who he connected with via a chat service called QQ. Wu charged each of the attendees 50 Yuan to attend, around £5.

    He was sentenced to five months of administrative detention for engaging and organising the group sex. The attendees were give administrative penalties.

    China has a chequered history in LGBT rights – same-sex sexual activity has only been legal since 1997, whilst the country does not recognise gay relationships or marriages. Same-sex couples are not permitted to adopt and there is no legal statute to protect gays from discrimination. However transsexuals are legally permitted to change their legal gender.

    Homosexuality was removed from the Ministry Of Health’s list of mental illnesses in 2001.