A small group of gay rights advocates and protesters gathered to pose for wedding pictures on Qianmen Avenue in Bejing this past Valentines day.  Two men and two women walked as gay couples, while crowds of onlookers gathered, asking questions and voicing their opinions.

Reactions to the protest were divided; while many onlookers expressed support, saying they were aware there are many openly gay men and women in China now, others were not sympathetic to the cause. On the Internet, thousands of people who responded to news stories about the event (in Chinese here) were divided as well. One person responded to a news story on the protest by asking women not to date other women anymore. “Make some contributions to the tens of millions of single males [in China],” this person wrote, alluding to China’s current gender imbalance.

via China Journal : Gay Pride on Valentine’s Day in Beijing.

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