Chinese Queer (Tongzhi) Women Organizing in the 1990s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20073799 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xiaopei He (corresponding author), He Xiaopei |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | 41-59 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Chinese Women Organizing (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781003084921-5 |
| OpenAlex | W3032012866 |
| ISBN | 9781003084921 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
In the early 1990s in China, the word ‘homosexual’ (tongxinglian) simply did not exist in the laws or in the media. Homosexuals, especially lesbians (nü tongxinglian), did not know that other people, like ourselves, also had homosexual orientations. The psychiatrists often told of the homosexuals who came to hospital to be cured, who were unhappy and sometimes suicidal. A few homosexuals also began to realize that we should organize our own discussions, in our own circles, in environments without discriminatory language, and free from this misunderstanding and lack of recognition. In the summer of 1997, six tongzhi living in Beijing (three foreign women, one Chinese man, one foreign man and myself) met together to discuss the potential and need for setting up a Tongzhi Pager Hotline (Tongzhi rexian). In 1999, women tongzhi rented their own office with a telephone line, and the Hotline divided into a women’s and a men’s hotline, so organizational strength was divided
Queer · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Japanese History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2025 (23) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |