{"id":43364,"date":"2026-06-03T12:10:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/?p=43364"},"modified":"2026-06-03T12:14:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:14:54","slug":"recognition-without-protection-chinas-lgbtq-paradox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/recognition-without-protection-chinas-lgbtq-paradox\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognition Without Protection: China&#8217;s LGBTQ Paradox"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"43364\" class=\"elementor elementor-43364\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4805ab89 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4805ab89\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c73bef6\" data-id=\"4c73bef6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11df3f71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11df3f71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photo: Unsplash.com<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24c6a8f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24c6a8f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-24c6a8f5{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72c298e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72c298e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-749b4e9d\" data-id=\"749b4e9d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6363c87d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6363c87d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-33961cdd\" data-id=\"33961cdd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d3d9b6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d3d9b6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>What is happening?<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to a written request by a Chinese citizen for clarification about LGBTQ+ discrimination, the Supreme People\u2019s Court of the People\u2019s Republic of China on May 9, 2026 issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonblade.com\/2026\/05\/27\/chinas-top-court-acknowledges-anti-lgbtq-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">groundbreaking statement<\/a>. The reply to the citizens\u2019 petition \u2014 a process by which citizens can appeal directly to China\u2019s authorities \u2014 the court explicitly points out that homosexuality is not a mental disorder, and that recruiters and school officials should not judge relevant individuals based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression at workplaces and schools. It also states that the court will continue to track and analyze sexual minority cases nationwide, summarize adjudication rules, and unify judicial standards, so as to safeguard citizens\u2019 personal freedom and human dignity in accordance with the law.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The petition stemmed from a letter of suggestion from a Master student in Qingdao. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinacourt.cn\/law\/detail\/2015\/02\/id\/148096.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reform agenda <\/a>announced by the Supreme People\u2019s Court of the PRC in 2015, cases that the court should accept according to law should be filed, with every lawsuit processed, thereby safeguarding the petitioner\u2019 right to litigation.<\/p><h2>What is the broader picture?<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the Supreme People\u2019s Court indicated that the petitioner has provided a valuable suggestion, it cannot be seen as a radical departure from the authority\u2019s long-upholding stance towards LGBTQ+ rights, as replies to petitions are not legally binding. At the level of legal validity, this legal interpretation by China\u2019s top court does not extend beyond the acknowledgement of anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/28\/business\/international\/china-gay-homosexuality-textbooks-lawsuit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China decriminalized <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/28\/business\/international\/china-gay-homosexuality-textbooks-lawsuit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consensual same-sex sexual relations<\/a> in 1997, and the Chinese Society of Psychiatry declassified homosexuality as a mental illness in 2001. Although there are no existing laws explicitly forbidding same-sex marriage, to date, same-sex marriage has not yet been legalized in China. Currently, <a href=\"https:\/\/english.court.gov.cn\/2015-08\/17\/c_761435_2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the marriage law of the PRC <\/a>\u00a0defines marriage exclusively as a union between a man and a woman, and same-sex couples are therefore denied the same spousal rights as their heterosexual counterparts.<\/p><h2>Why does it matter?<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, the National People\u2019s Congress of China publicly stated that the legalization of same-sex marriage was one of the primary appeals of its citizens. On the cusp of the 2026 Pride Month around the corner, it should be noted that China\u2019s LGBTQ+ community has paused its celebrations since 2021\u2014the year when the Chinese authorities started to tighten their control of related activities and campaigns in the physical and digital sphere. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, these restrictions remained in place, and many advocates ended up relocating overseas.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the perspective of the Chinese Communist Party, the presence of grassroots LGBTQ+ organizations does not align with the \u201cparty-state\u201d system where the party holds an absolute monopoly on political power. Furthermore, public advocacy of LGBTQ rights is seen by the CCP as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewslens.com\/article\/187806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ideological infiltration of Western forces<\/a>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from the CCP\u2019s political concerns, within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/tw\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B\/20150317-%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B-%E5%90%8C%E6%80%A7%E6%88%80-%E5%A5%B3%E6%AC%8A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese society<\/a>, cultural expectations around marriage remain pervasive. Reaching a certain age without a heterosexual marriage is often met with social pressure \u2014 particularly from family \u2014 making \u201ccoming out\u201d not merely a personal declaration, but a direct confrontation with one of the most deeply held expectations in Chinese family life.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme People&#8217;s Court&#8217;s response, however well-intentioned it may appear, ultimately exposes the fundamental contradiction at the heart of Beijing&#8217;s governance: The state is willing to acknowledge injustice, yet structurally incapable of remedying it. So long as the CCP frames LGBTQ+ rights as a vector of Western ideological infiltration rather than a domestic human rights imperative, no court ruling, however progressive in tone, can substitute for the power of discourse that remains absent in Chinese civil society.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Unsplash.com Foto: Unsplash.com What is happening? In response to a written request by a Chinese citizen for clarification about LGBTQ+ discrimination, the Supreme People\u2019s Court of the People\u2019s Republic of China on May 9, 2026 issued a groundbreaking statement. 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