- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Other type of partnership
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- Ambiguous
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
According to recent survey data available, societal resistance to LGBTQ+ rights in China is noticeable.
History
Same-sex marriage in China is other type of partnership.
Since Oct 1, 2017
Additionally, Beijing provides dependent residency status to foreign same-sex couples since the 1st of July 2013.
In Hong Kong, several court decisions and most notably court case Leung Chun Kwong v Secretary for the Civil Service granted same-sex couples limited rights and benefits in the realm of immigration, tax rights and inheritance.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in China is state-enforced.
A Chinese broadcaster, Mango TV, which broadcasts Eurovision blurred a rainbow flag during the semi-final of the show.
In April of 2022, a few lines of dialog were removed from the Chinese release of the film 'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.' The dialog referenced the gay romance between Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald.
In August of 2023, Chinese officials removed an LGBTQ song from the set list of popular Taiwanese pop star A-Mei, ahead of her concert in Beijing. Security guards at the event forced fans to remove rainbow symbols and clothing. On the 22nd of August, Chinese officials shut down a handful of popular social media accounts on the Chinese social networking service WeChat.
Right to change legal gender in China is legal, but requires surgery.
Since Sep 1, 2018
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in China is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in China is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in China is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in China is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in China is single only.
Since Sep 6, 2018
Serving openly in military in China is ambiguous.
Since Oct 1, 1949
Blood donations by MSMs in China is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in China is not banned.
Equal age of consent in China is equal.
Since Oct 1, 1949
LGBT Rights by province
View the LGBT laws in each individual province of China.
- Guangxi (autonomous region)
- Nei Mongol (autonomous region)
- Ningxia (autonomous region)
- Xinjiang (autonomous region)
- Xizang (autonomous region)
- Beijing (municipality)
- Chongqing (municipality)
- Shanghai (municipality)
- Tianjin (municipality)
- Aomen (special administrative region)
- Xianggang (special administrative region)