Researchers from the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, surveyed Chinese public about their familiarity with and acceptance of LGBTQ people.
This study examines participants’ attitudes toward policy issues such as discrimination at work, same-sex marriage, and same-sex couples raising children in China.
Responding to a survey on attitudes towards LGBTQ+ people in China, 53 per cent said queer people should be accepted in society, which flies in the face of some of the country’s restrictive laws, which flies in the face of some of the country’s restrictive laws.
A similar number felt same-sex couples should be able to marry, while 46 per cent said they would personally attend a same-sex wedding. 48 per cent believed gay couples would make capable parents.
62 per cent of those surveyed said LGBTQ+ people should be treated fairly at work, and 68 per cent felt the government should improve protections for queer students.
According to the study, at least 70 per cent of Chinese people know at least one person who is out as LGBTQ+, while 47 per cent know at least two.
Homosexuality has been legal in China since 1997, after the country updated its penal code. However, same-sex marriage is still illegal, and there are virtually no protections for LGBTQ+ people.
Same-sex couples have been able to apply for a “guardianship appointment” since 2017, which affords them certain rights to share assets and inheritance, but they are not allowed to adopt.
Read the whole report here.
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