{"id":7482,"date":"2013-02-20T17:25:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T09:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chengduliving.com\/?p=7482"},"modified":"2013-02-20T18:09:36","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T10:09:36","slug":"hope-for-gays-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chengduliving.com\/hope-for-gays-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope on the Horizon for Gays in China"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is Part 5 of a series attempting to explore the mindset of young Chinese by focusing on themes found in essays written by Sichuan University students in a graduate writing course. Previous articles have addressed their attitudes toward the elderly<\/a>, marriage<\/a>, the wealth gap<\/a> and America<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n I want to end this series of essays on a hopeful note. On the surface, Chinese attitudes towards homosexuality may not seem the obvious place to do this. Although the religious rationale that exists in America for hostility towards homosexuality is not present in China, the societal pressure to continue the family line provides an equally strong cultural argument against tolerance towards the gay lifestyle. The one-child policy has only exacerbated this ideology, since a single gay offspring can potentially condemn an esteemed lineage to extinction.<\/p>\n So it came as an incredible surprise to me as a Peace Corps volunteer to discover that my students\u2019 attitudes towards homosexuality veered wildly from the cultural consensus.<\/p>\nFilms & Influence<\/h2>\n