People are mostly curious about their unconventional family, said An, adding that it was not always the case in China where gay couples have long battled conservative Confucian values. China's government has not stated a clear position on the country's LGBT community, Yanzi Peng, Director of LGBT Rights Advocacy China, a group based in Guangzhou. Other advocates for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community say China should relax laws that limit childbearing to heterosexual couples. After decades of Communist prudery about sex of all kinds, LGBT Chinese have in recent years been openly tackling bureaucracy, legal uncertainty and entrenched social norms to assert their place in society. China moved in 2016 to allow couples to have a second child, relaxing curbs dating back nearly four decades.

Source: The Star December 20, 2018 14:26 UTC