Gay black hainan, china

Gay spaces in Hainan are a physical manifestation of the communities, identities and lives they sustain. Such patterns of juxtaposition and duality speak volumes about the possibilities for living gay lives.

There’s a bohemian vibe to Hainan that is much more progressive than much of the mainland. Sanya, on the southern end of the island, is the largest city and offers the most cosmopolitan appeal. It also boasts some of the whites beaches. One of the only gay bars on the island, Sanya Tianchi Club, can be found here.

Abstract Drawing on 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Hainan, People’s Republic of China (PRC), especially 30 semi-structured interviews, this thesis explores the self-understandings and everyday lives of men who recognised themselves as gay, homosexual, tongzhi (comrade), and/or ‘in the scene’ (quanneiren). Given the choice of field site, this thesis is one of a handful of.

The double lives of gay men in China’s marginal provinces How do gay people in Hainan negotiate the pressures to conform to the heterosexual script of marriage and reproduction? James Cummings.