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Chinese lesbian sues ministry over gay 'disorder' textbook
Source: BBC
Chinese lesbian sues ministry over gay 'disorder' textbook
16 June 2016 China
A Beijing court has accepted a woman's case against the ministry of education over textbooks that describe homosexuality as a "psychological disorder", Chinese media report.
The 21-year old from Guangdong, who is gay and goes by the pseudonym Qiu Bai, has long campaigned for a change.
Chinese views on homosexuality have softened in recent times and it was decriminalised in 1997.
However discrimination against gay men and women remains prevalent.
Earlier this week, Chinese media reported on the case of a gay man suing a mental hospital that he says drugged and beat him, after his wife and family took him there to be "cured".
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16 June 2016 China
A Beijing court has accepted a woman's case against the ministry of education over textbooks that describe homosexuality as a "psychological disorder", Chinese media report.
The 21-year old from Guangdong, who is gay and goes by the pseudonym Qiu Bai, has long campaigned for a change.
Chinese views on homosexuality have softened in recent times and it was decriminalised in 1997.
However discrimination against gay men and women remains prevalent.
Earlier this week, Chinese media reported on the case of a gay man suing a mental hospital that he says drugged and beat him, after his wife and family took him there to be "cured".
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36545899
