Homosexuality in China - Wikipedia
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In China, when seeking same-sex companionship, one way is to spend 20 yuan 3 U. It took some time to find the main character of my story. At first, I was taken to a dance club in Shanghai where gay people meet each other. This club attracted mainly elderly gay men, and I was told that the oldest member was more than 90 years old. I saw very few younger people. It was here that I met Xiao Cao, a middle-aged man dressed casually, his face much brighter than his neck I found out later that this was because he is fond of wearing makeup.
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He was single, unemployed, and his main pastime was to dress as a woman and dance in a park. Xiao Cao told me that he realized he was gay when he was around 15 years old, in junior high school. In those days he said he also had sex with women, but soon found it to be boring. He lives in an eight-square-meter rented room behind a public toilet. His diet is extremely simple.
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While he has had many partners, most of them were short-term sexual liaisons. His longest-term companion has been his 2-year-old cat. There were many aspects of this slice of society that I found were not open. For instance, most of the older gay people I encountered were married, some even had children, and had to keep their homosexual relationships secret.
Many people I came across in the community thought I was one of them, and some tried to start a relationship. I found ways to avoid the advances, such as pretending to take a phone call. But I soon found that they would never have forced me to do anything.
Instead, I came to understand that they genuinely cared about me. After seeing Xiao Cao so many times through my lenses, including sometimes in very intimate circumstances, I could see that he was sharing the most authentic part of who he is. I always felt his honesty and sincerity. Two years ago Xiao Cao was able to earn a reasonable income by dancing in public.