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I ... the ... over ten years ago gave lesbian and transgender people were considered mentally ill in China ... well the country's opened up a lot since then but stereotypes do you still persist ... joining me now is reporter Josh Chin from Bejing ... okay just the then new line of which was introduced by a court in China ... which says that women and married into gay men can get out and add their marriage is so what's during all this controversy ... Renren was on isn't subtle all yet ... its proposal by the person in the quarter B J What they basically said it is out ... of the day the recommended the government may be easier for straight women ... to get out of ... marriages to ... thousands of a blade of Discover adapter they've been married ... um and you know this is sort of move is a fairly in big issued assessments as many as sixteen million ... straight women did the NBA when they get married to you know caveman or bisexual or transgendered man in a lot of cases they didn't know ... about the partner's sexual orientation before and so ... you know this this is been issued its and it's been the headlines ... for a little while ... those who was the woman last year committed suicide after finding out her awesome Wednesday ... so's of the proposal ... it's kind of brought all this back into the news ... um and you know it's it's also raised its and it's it's on the controversial because some of the new gay rights activists in China basically sort of feel like it's a it's a band aid ... it's not really going far enough for me the proposal based we were just the Wildwood would theoretically make it easier ... for of for these women to an older marriages rather than been been view divorce but there's a whole list of questions though that kind of the proposal doesn't answer ... the new including ... you know how you know women have children with these men that you know was that weren't insured property was at work and also ... it doesn't really address the issue of of this termination ... again against a gay bisexual and transgendered people in China ... the cayenne has and stated before I mean they can't recently has come a long way in the last decade but ... I think anyone really lived openly as a gay person in China or are on ... to the state intentionally harm you from doing so ... already running a little automotive lease of the progress has been pretty ... pretty impressive anew desexed wasn't the criminalized in China until nineteen ninety seven ... I've as you mentioned ... that homosexuality was was considered a mental ... illness ... up until two thousand won ... and so I mean if you look of the situation ... of will be above the levels of acceptance of the gay community in China since then it's it's pretty remarkable progress I mean there are certainly ... openly gay people in China either for the vibrant gay communities in the major cities in China the U ... a gay clubs and groups and in all this stuff ... there was ... you know the last couple years authentic ... pair of fairly high profile public gay weddings ... oh one the one in Shenzhen ... a couple years ago last year was won in in Fujian province ... I they were sort of you know all these social media which says attract a younger crowd ... it is all the Wall Street by the celebrated this a lot of interest in them the wasn't that much condemnation ... but newly issued China actually is his with his views with family its ... a note that a lot of Chinese did we talk to that sort of pervert we did this is sort of ... live and let live approach to to get people who were strangers ... in a no one seems to really ... care how anyone else leaves our lives but ... you know the families of one of their own children ... it is a bill comes out then becomes much more problematic ... you know because yes ... but ... now I mean you are mentioning two and gay marriage is recently ... and in an ascending and it is illegal to get married it and it a day in China or were these to Cerro the ceremonial lighting ... write to those beautiful either the board is referred to serve on a weddings is not new gay marriage is not allowed in China ... such wanted activist been pushing for ... on the dosa been encouraged by it by the approval of the Virgin Group and a couple states the United States but I knew ... that present ... they're not allowed to be in the bed that's a big issue that's what some gay activists say pushes ... came in at least into into marriages straight women ... that are the somewhat deceptive ... you know because they don't ... do that there isn't ... a sense of the Smith family is and you know that that it's ok to to to to to marry ... it's one of the same sex in China ... and Kate great thanks Fran that's nice and that was