China's LGBT 'cooperative marriages'
Thousands of gay men and lesbians in China hold fake marriages to avoid family pressure
Witness History · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
LGBT people in China sometimes arrange fake marriages to hide their sexuality. Homosexuality is not illegal in China but there is discrimination against LGBT people. In 2005 Lin Hai set up a website to allow lesbians and gay men to get in touch with each other. He came up with the idea to stop his family from putting pressure on him to get married. He spoke to Yashan Zhao in 2019 for Witness History. This programme is a rebroadcast.
(Photo: Lin Hai and his partner on holiday in Thailand in 2014. Credit: Lin Hai)
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