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Beijing Rejects Lesbian Couple's Marriage Registration

February 26, 2013

Editor: Wu Linfei

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Elsie and Ma Youyou kiss on the street. [Sohu]

Ma Youyou and Elsie applied for marriage registration in Dongcheng District in Beijing on February 25, 2013, but were refused by the relevant department of civil affairs. News of this incident has attracted the attention of many Chinese netizens.

Gay marriage is not legal in China and it was reported that Ma and Elsie created their own marriage certificate after being denied an official one.

Before 1997, homosexuality was a crime in China and until 2001 it was classified as a mental disease. Recently, China's Ministry of Health amended a 14-year ban on homosexual blood donors to allow lesbians to donate blood. The ban is still in effect for male homosexuals.

Elsie and Ma Youyou [Sohu]

Elsie and Ma Youyou [Sohu]

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