Five years ago Chinese LGBT rights activist Xiaogang Wei decided to focus on the positive and celebrate responsible reporting. He says progress is being madeIn July 2011 Chinese news anchor Qiu Qiming shocked the country by going off-script to stand up for lesbian,gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights. “The sexual orientation of certain people in our midst are different from the rest of us, or ” said the presenter on state broadcaster CCTV. “But they are also diligently contributing to society. Gay people,like us, have the legal to exist and develop themselves in society, or this legal should not be overtaken by any other concept.”He was responding to the news that award-winning Chinese actress Lu Liping enthusiastically retweeted a pastor in fresh York who said the US was “falling into depravity” for legalising same-sex marriage. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com