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Courtesy of Chinalogue, BONLIVE Network

Recently Ben Zhang, Gayographic’s founder and director, and Emilio, one of our eight Mr. Gay China contestants, were invited to a talk show, Chinalogue to speak their minds about homosexuality in China.

A few things people might not know about the show:

1. Ben was wearing Emilio’s T-shirt because the network staff found Ben’s purple sweater too “gay” for their topic;

2. Emilio talked about how/when/why he shared the bed with his ex-boyfriend at his father’s house at the end of the show but you might

By Michael Gold

In tune with the classic melody “Swanee River”, more than 30 young Chinese gay men sing in delicate harmony with one another, huddled in a circle in a small recreation center in an office tower in western Beijing. After a few refrains, they break into laughter and rapturous applause, finally turning their attention on one of their members’ solo attempts at traditional Beijing Opera.

Displaced from their usual friends, family, peers and coworkers, they have come to the Beijing LGBT Center to sing to their hearts’ content, but also to find a sense of belonging, a place where they can be themselves amidst the frequent difficulties and confusion of trying to become part of a vibrant gay community in Beijing.