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Gays live a difficult life under social bias
By Raymond Zhou (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-09-06 06:25
Gu Du was the victim of extortion. He was blackmailed, as well as being
chastised by his employer and almost fired.
The reason: Gu is gay.
A Qingdao-based sexologist Zhang Beichuan (R)
talks with his mentor Qin Shide last May.
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Gu worked in machine design for a
Chengdu company. His father used to be head of this State-owned enterprise and
his mother works in the trade union of the same company. He shared a company
dormitory room with a few co-workers and surfed the Internet on his own computer
after work.
One night about six months ago, he was spotted browsing a gay website by his
roommate co-worker. Confronted by him, he initially denied he was gay. But his
roommate knew better.
The roommate offered him a choice: Gu could pay him 5,000 yuan (US$616) in
hush money or he would tell the boss.
Gu was agitated, but thought the man was bluffing. A few days later, he was
called to see the head of the company.
"I heard you have been engaged in hooliganism," said the boss, using a term
that covers conduct as severe as rape and as light as saying four-letter words,
or "shua liu mang" in Chinese.
Gu denied doing anything wrong, but upon interrogation he admitted he was a
homosexual and had been leafing through a few gay-themed websites in his spare
time. He said he did not look at porno sites, however.
But his boss was not interested in such technicalities. He threatened to slap
him with some kind of penalty.
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