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What's the current state of LGBT rights in China? (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Last I’ve heard, there were some issues, but things were getting better. Now I have stumbled upon this headline and wish to know more details about the situation.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The family were perfectly justified in horrifically abusing, torturing, and neglecting their child because they were trans and tried to escape their abuse? Then the police were perfectly justified in bringing the daughter back because she was “kidnapped” when trying to escape the abuse?

Further, being an adult at 19 is silly and a “western idea” so the daughter should be forced back into in an abusive situation against her will. What age does Chinese law state a person is legally an adult? Or are you going to pull more disgusting justification for transphobia and abuse out of your ass?

You say that the family was abusive but even because they couldn’t contact the child they’ve abused they’re perfectly justified in kidnapping them essentially???

“Cultural context”? Give me the cultural context that justifies this.

Should wives stay with husbands they beat them? Are parents allowed to abuse their children? What other amazing takes do you have?

Fuck you, that is vile and repulsive. You should be ashamed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes, the family involved in the situation is terrible and abusive

Did you choose to just ignore this statement and others I wrote to make my position clear? I understand why you're angry, but you are completely misreading what I am saying to an absurd degree.

I am clearly making an argument that Mei being questioned by the police for kidnapping is not indicative of systematic discrimination.

You can choose to disagree with that statement, vehemently if you prefer. But you're arguing against a construct where I said that transphobia is a-okay and that Ying's treatment is acceptable. I didn't say that so there's not much for me to object.

As you know, Lemmygrad is an instance where we see LGBT liberation as a core tenet, so I think you're misreading the room here. We are objecting to Western slander of gay and trans genocide in China. That's very different from thinking that the state of affairs in China's acceptable.