CNN looks at GLBT life in China

On CNN’s On China this month there is a discussion about being gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender in China.

Kristie Lu Stout is on location at Two Cities Cafe in Beijing for a revealing conversation with Beijing Gender Health Education Institute’s Xiaogang Wei, Common Language’s founder Xu Bin, and Chi Heng Foundation and HIV/AIDS activist Chung To.

They are advocating for tolerance and respect, not only for gays and lesbians, but all of China’s minorities.

There’s little political opposition or religious uproar when it comes to being out in China. Instead, the biggest challenge comes from family. Parents and their sons and daughters face a unique set of pressures, brought on in part by China’s one-child policy. While technology and social media are making it easier to grow up gay, there are incentives to marry, even if it’s not for love. On the streets of China’s cities, the rainbow flag may occasionally fly free, but there are limits to how much activism the Communist party is willing to tolerate. And anti-discrimination protections for LGBT individuals, especially in the workplace, are unheard of.

Thursday, November 27 at 8.30pm CNN.