[CND 12/19/94] The first book on Chinese gays will be published by a Hong
Kong publisher next month, according to AFP and Reuter. Homosexuality is
still a taboo topic in modern China, although people have become more
indifferent about the subject in recent years. According to the author
Fang Gang, the purpose of this book is to help the ignorant public
understand better a certain existing group of people, the homosexual men,
in the Chinese society.  Fang Gang is a young editor with a newspaper in
Tianjin.  He talked to dozens of homosexuals, doctors and experts, and
revealed a secret world of Chinese gays in his book.  About one to five
percent of Chinese are homosexual, the book estimated.  Most of Chinese
gays felt their homosexuality was abnormal and wanted to hide it.  They
married women and have children. (Reported by:  Jian-Min LI, Chuck LIN,
Daluo JIA)
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