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China's first official gay student groupPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, November 2, 2006 10:31 AM
Guangdong's Sun Yat Sen University (中山大学) has become China's first univeristy to officially recognize a gay student group. Known as 'Happy Together' in English, the groups Chinese name is Rainbow Group (彩虹社). The news was first reported on Chinese gay portal Aibai; here is a short post about the news on Star Yu's blog (Chinese). |
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Comments on China's first official gay student group
Gay student groups are somewhat corny, and I suspect the Chinese versions will be even more so. Without languishing under opression, homosexuality fast loses all of its romance and excitement. Did it have these traits before in China - when it was still shameful? It certainly did in the West.
That's such wonderful news. Change comes slowly, but it does happen.
Touro University Gay-Straight Alliance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touro_University_Gay-Straight_Alliance
Anything is possible.where theirs a way theirs a will.You do not have too shout from the roof tops you are gay.You just make your self a target.
Gay student groups throw the best parties.