Chinese court backs publisher of textbook calling homosexuality 'psychological disorder' (Reuters)
Chinese court backs publisher of textbook calling homosexuality 'psychological disorder'
https://www.reuters.com/article/china-rights-lgbt/chinese-court-backs-publisher-of-textbook-calling-homosexuality-psychological-disorder-idUSL4N2KW1EK
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A court in China’s eastern Jiangsu province recently ruled in favour of a publisher that described homosexuality as a “psychological disorder” in a university textbook.
According to a copy of the Feb. 9 appeal ruling seen by Reuters, Suyu District Intermediate Court in the city of Suqian said the description resulted from “perceptual differences” and was not a factual error, upholding a judgment made in September last year.
“I feel at a loss, because they didn’t even have a trial, they just handed down the judgment,” said the plaintiff, who uses the pseudonym XiXi.
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Homosexuality was decategorised as a mental disorder by the Chinese Psychiatric Association in 2001.
“It’s quite damaging to the whole LGBT community, so we are sorely disappointed,” said Peng Yanzi, the director of LGBT Rights Advocacy China.
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So it's not a question of China not being up to international norms (like Saudi Arabia).
They are actively retrogressing.