{"id":40346,"date":"2009-06-08T12:35:03","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T19:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=40346"},"modified":"2009-06-09T00:40:45","modified_gmt":"2009-06-09T07:40:45","slug":"shanghai-to-show-pride-with-gay-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/shanghai-to-show-pride-with-gay-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanghai to Show Pride with Gay Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/eye-on-gay-shanghai-mainland-chinas-1st-pride-event\/\">reported earlier<\/a>, China is having its first gay pride celebration event. From the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/asia-pacific\/8083672.stm\">BBC:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There will not be a parade. The organisers took legal advice which suggested that might get them into trouble with the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, there will be film screenings, talks, an art exhibition and a large, all-day party at a privately-owned venue.<\/p>\n<p>Gay sex was decriminalised in 1997 in China. Before that, people used to be prosecuted under &#8220;hooliganism&#8221; laws.<\/p>\n<p>Homosexuality was described officially as a mental illness in China until 2001.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reported earlier, China is having its first gay pride celebration event. From the BBC: There will not be a parade. The organisers took legal advice which suggested that might get them into trouble with the authorities. 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