Witness History
Witness History
LGBT 'cooperative' marriages in China
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July 23, 2019
9 minutes
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LGBT people in China sometimes arrange fake marriages to hide their sexuality. 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. Homosexuality is not illegal in China but there is discrimination against LGBT people.
(Photo: Lin Hai and his partner on holiday in Thailand in 2014. Credit: Lin Hai)