There is a growing acceptance of homosexuality among younger well-educated heterosexuals in urban China, Agence France-Presse reported Jan. 15.
“Shanghai’s gay bars are humming … and many in the eastern China metropolis insist the country’s homosexuals are becoming more liberated,” the wire service reported.
A gay bar owner in the city’s French Quarter told AFP: “Sexual freedom is the mark of a developed society. When society is prosperous and at peace, gays are more obvious because there is less pressure to get married and reproduce.
“My father found me surfing some gay Internet sites and told me to be careful because China’s public security bureau tags Internet usage, but he didn’t make a big deal about it,” the owner, who goes by the name of Andy, said.