{"id":724,"date":"2012-07-18T10:47:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T14:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=724"},"modified":"2012-07-18T10:47:40","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T14:47:40","slug":"chinas-faux-marriage-frenzy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2012\/07\/18\/chinas-faux-marriage-frenzy\/","title":{"rendered":"China’s Faux Marriage Frenzy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The closet’s corrosive effects are alive and well<\/a> in China, where an estimated 70% of gay men marry women to satisfy parental expectations.\u00c2\u00a0While most of these marriages involve unwitting straight women, some of them are consensual, often conducted via a gay men-lesbian matchmaking site with some 153,000 members. The personal account of one of such couple:<\/p>\n

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Zhuang Xiang, a 30-year-old accountant from Shanghai, came to understand why he was drawn to boys when he was 17. On flicking through a gay comic book in a shop, he had his great “a-ha!” moment. He met his boyfriend in 2004. And then he married his lesbian wife in 2009. He and his wife don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t live together, but they visit each other\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s parents once a week. Mr Zhuang even keeps some of her clothes on display at home, in case of unannounced visitors.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Mr Zhuang says he is lucky to live in a big city like Shanghai, where such a solution is possible. But he wants to live in a country where gay men are accepted. His parents have started to talk about a grandchild. Mr Zhuang and his lesbian wife will likely get a forged certificate of infertility. Keeping up the appearance of their marriage feels like a never-ending battle, he says. But sometimes lies are more sensible than the truth.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Dish noted<\/a> the practice awhile back.<\/p>\n

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via The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan http:\/\/andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com\/2012\/07\/chinas-faux-marriage-epidemic.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+andrewsullivan%2FrApM+%28The+Daily+Dish%29<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The closet’s corrosive effects are alive and well in China, where an estimated 70% of gay men marry women to satisfy parental expectations.\u00c2\u00a0While most of these marriages involve unwitting straight women, some of them are consensual, often conducted via a gay men-lesbian matchmaking site with some 153,000 members. The personal account of one of such … <\/p>\n

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