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My Fake Wedding: Stirring up the tongzhi movement in China

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Xiaopei He describes her activities in China working with the lesbian and gay (tongzhi) movement as activists challenge the conventions and traditions of heteronormativity in innovative and fun ways.

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  1. Tongzhi was originally a Communist term meaning ‘comrade’ but is now also used to mean queer, lesbian, or gay.

  2. Monosexual means an attraction to only one sex. For example, heterosexuals and homosexuals are monosexual. Bisexuals are not.

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Describes some serious and fun activities in China working with the lesbian and gay (tonghzi) movement

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He, X. My Fake Wedding: Stirring up the tongzhi movement in China. Development 52, 101–104 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2008.80

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