Current Version
| Region | China |
| Issue | Serving openly in military |
| Status | ambiguous |
| Start Date | Oct 1, 1949 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | For homosexuals the policy is don't ask don't tell banned for transgenders |
| Sources | https://jamestown.org/program/gay-in-the-pla-chinese-military-views-on-homosexuals-serving-in-the-armed-forces/ |
Revision History (4)
Revision by Willow
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Note | For homosexuals the policy is | For homosexuals the policy is don't ask don't tell banned for transgenders |
Revision by Willow
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned | |
| Value Special | ambiguous | |
| Note | Although Lesbian, gay and bisexual are allowed to serve in the military, physical health requirements effectively bar transgender people have undergone or undergoing medical transition from serving. | For homosexuals the policy is |
| Sources | https://www.gfbzb.gov.cn/zbbm/zcfg/byfg/tjbz.shtml | https://jamestown.org/program/gay-in-the-pla-chinese-military-views-on-homosexuals-serving-in-the-armed-forces/ |
Revision by Ro_Guy
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
| Note | There is no law that bans LGBT people from serving in the Chinese military. | Although Lesbian, gay and bisexual are allowed to serve in the military, physical health requirements effectively bar transgender people have undergone or undergoing medical transition from serving. |
| Sources | http://lgbt.co.uk/67-military/129-lgbt-in-the-chinese-military | https://www.gfbzb.gov.cn/zbbm/zcfg/byfg/tjbz.shtml |
Reports (1)
- Other "Ambiguous
https://jamestown.org/program/gay-in-the-pla-chinese-military-views-on-homosexuals-serving-in-the-armed-forces/"
Revision by chae
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | Legal |
| Note | There is no law that bans LGBT people from serving in the Chinese military. |
Reports (10)
- Status is not correct "There is no stated law that prohibits LGBT service in the Chinese military, but LGBT people can never pass "political review" of the Chinese military. The status should be, at best, ambiguous."
- Status is not correct
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- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "This was literally changed 70 years ago; the other information is more accurate"
- Status is not correct "China remains silent on whether it is legal, but from observations of social media (such as Zhihu, the Chinese online Q&A community), there ARE homosexuals serving in the Chinese military. Thus the status of this item should be LEGAL or at least AMBIGUOUS, in lieu of ILLEGAL."
- Status is not correct "There is no such law in China preventing homosexuals serving openly in military."
- Sources are invalid or broken "Source needed."
- Sources are invalid or broken