Half of Chinese LGBT Face Discrimination in Hospitals, Says NGO


Fear of discrimination is a major concern for LGBT people in China when they have to access health care, with 61 percent of respondents in a new study on the status of LGBT health in China reporting that they are afraid of being treated differently by doctors because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Released from Beijing on Monday, the report showed that 46 … Continue reading Half of Chinese LGBT Face Discrimination in Hospitals, Says NGO

HIV-Positive Students Ponder Life After High School


It’s the first day of the semester after the summer break, and a group of students gather in a schoolyard in northern China to watch the raising of the national flag. Dressed in their new uniforms, these 32 children make up the entire student body of Linfen Red Ribbon School, which claims to be the first and only school in the country that specifically caters … Continue reading HIV-Positive Students Ponder Life After High School