Chinese government opens gay bar

[WillParkinson]

Chinese government opens gay bar

The Advocate reported that the health department of Dali, China has opened a government-funded gay bar in an effort to reach out to China’s increasingly open gay community.

Dali is one of the ten cities with the highest AIDS rates in China.

Same-sex transmission accounts for about one-third of those new HIV infections, according to the minister of health.

The bar will offer sex education and free condoms, as well as companionship to its patrons, said Zhang Jianbo, the founder.

Jianbo hopes that the bar will be a public gathering place for gay men, especially from rural villages, who used to gather in a patch of woods near the historic town, Reuters reported.

And although it is funded by the government, the bar is staffed by volunteers from a local non-government organization for gay men called the Good Friend Center that works to prevent AIDS.

http://www.365gay.com/news/chinese-government-opens-gay-bar/

[dkf]

1. The state run bar will offer companionship?

I have got to laugh at that one. Maybe the translation is bad?

[WillParkinson]

2. I was wondering the same thing....

Glad to see I wasn't alone.

[joeybee12]

3. "used to gather in a patch of woods"???

Remind me never to complain...ever again.

[GodlessBiker]

4. I'm skeptical. Sure. Here's a cosmo, then off to the re-education camp.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. i dont think so. in many ways the chinese govt though oppressive is also pragmatic

and doesnt seem particularly concerned with private morality

what they seem EXREMELY concerned with, is staying in power.

[Kurska]

5. that is... suprisingly progressive.

Hmmm

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[Kurska]

8. Maybe they will drop the gay bombs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_bomb