No Gay Festival In China

[Dr. Shane]

Police call halt to China's first gay cultural festival

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Homosexuality has not been listed as a crime on China’s statute books since the 1949 communist takeover. However, homosexuals were routinely arrested under a “hooliganism” clause in the law until a reform in 1997 removed this provision. Then, in April 2001, the biggest single advance in gay rights came with the declassification of homosexuality as a mental disorder by the Chinese Psychiatric Association, meaning that rather than being officially treated as a “perversion” requiring psychiatric care, it was re-categorised as something similar to an “identity crisis”.

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Since the Chinese are so concerned about overpopulation, I would think they would encourage homosexuality.