The first thing that can be determined is that homosexuality is definitely not a disease!
In 2016, college student Xixi (pseudonym) discovered that the book "Mental Health Education for College Students" published by Jinan University Press classified homosexuality as a "psychological sexual disorder", so she decided to sue the publishing house and the sales platform. However, so far, the case has been postponed three times, and it still faces many problems such as the inability to find an appraisal agency and difficulties in filing the case.
After the incident was reported, there was a big discussion. The topic #University Textbooks Classifies Homosexuality as a Psychological Disorder# ranked second on the Weibo topic list yesterday, with 550 million reads and 112,000 discussions. The news posted by the Beijing News received 120,000 comments and 1.93 million likes. It can be said to be the "big event of the entire network" that day.
Is homosexuality a disease? Of course not!
In 2016, the book "Mental Health Education for College Students" published by Jinan University Press classified homosexuality as a sexual psychological disorder. The book stated that homosexuality is a sexual disorder or a perversion of sexual objects. .
Now, three years later, this textbook has been revised when it was reprinted. The revised textbook claims that CCMD-3 classifies homosexuality as a sexual orientation disorder. Simply put, the revised content changed from psychosexual disorders to sexual orientation disorders.
It cannot be denied that this is indeed what is written in the Chinese Classification and Diagnostic Criteria for Mental Disorders, Third Edition (CCMD-3) published in 2001. Although the concept of homosexuality has been removed from the category of mental illness and is no longer a mental illness, self-dissonant homosexuality is classified under the sub-category of sexual orientation disorder in the newly established category of psychological sexual disorders.
In this regard, Professor Chen Yanfang, then leader of the CCMD-3 working group, gave an answer in an interview with Phoenix Weekly. He said that the new standards take into account the anxiety and distress that some individuals experience while growing up and retain "self-discordant homosexuality." He also said only those who were uncomfortable with their sexual orientation and asked to change were included in the diagnosis.
In layman’s terms, CCMD-3 believes that homosexuality is not a disease, but if you feel anxious and uneasy because you are gay, it is a psychosexual disorder.
As for why the diagnostic item of CCMD-3 should retain self-discordant homosexuality, Liu Huaqing, a member of the working group, once said that at that time, some experts believed that it was not appropriate to completely delete homosexuality from CCMD-3 because it should be consistent with that of the time. The situation in our country is consistent, and we cannot take such a big step all at once. Move slowly and set a standard that is acceptable to both parties or parties.
A science and a concept become familiar and recognized by more and more people as time goes by. We just have to wait for that moment to arrive. But for the present, gays also have the right to make friends and pursue love. Pursuing the divine love they may encounter will not let them down in this short life. Of course, it is true that many gays have found their own love. Now there are many gay dating apps, such as Blued. On Blued, you will find that many people are just like you, and they are also pursuing their own magical love! Do you still remember the gay marriage that was blessed by most people?
Samples of Gay Marriage Life
On September 6, 2014, a set of photos of a same-sex wedding were forwarded tens of thousands of times on Chinese social media and sparked a lot of public interest. Media reports, of course, this incident also gave gay people hope and a future.
There was no wedding dress, no groomsmen and bridesmaids. The people exchanging vows and rings were a pair of grooms in neat suits. They were Davidson, the then Consul General of the British Consulate in Shanghai, and Zhang Zhihu, a Chinese-American. Witnessed by British Ambassador to China Wu Sitian, they became the second same-sex couple to register their marriage at the British Embassy in China. That year, the UK became the 16th country in the world to officially recognize gay marriage. That year, China also became one of the 24 countries that allowed British citizens to register marriages with same-sex couples at the British Embassy in China.
Zhang Zhihu told the author, "What surprised me most is that most of the articles and discussions are very positive, encouraging and congratulating, and less than 10% are abusive and abnormal at most." Zhang Zhihu Lamenting the progress of Chinese people's attitudes and their open attitude toward same-sex marriages, he said, "There were really changes between 2014 and 2006. Both the gay community and straight friends are happy for us.
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While the gay community in mainland China is looking forward to the legalization of same-sex marriage, Zhang Zhihu and Dai Weishen have been married for nearly six years. They are using their own lives to bring a sample of gay marriage life to the community.