History of transgender people in China Transgender in China

1 history of transgender people in china

1.1 cross dressing in peking opera
1.2 sexual reassignment surgery
1.3 laws regarding gender reassignment

history of transgender people in china
cross dressing in peking opera

a beijing opera or peking opera performer.

sinologists theatrical arts when imaging china in transgender frame because of prominent presence of cross-gender behavior.

peking opera, known beijing opera, had male actors playing female dan characters. men traditionally played women’s roles due women being excluded performing in front of public. although, before 1978, male female cross dressing theatrical performances, used comedic effect or disguise character in order commit crime or defeat enemies. female male characters considered heroic in theatrical performances.

within ming , qing dynasties of china, there lot of cross dressing , transgender practices occurring both onstage , in everyday life. within theatre, elite men intrigued it. role-play, organize own troupes, write , perform theatrical pieces.

many of modern china s stories reflected cross-dressing , living life of different gender short period of time, featuring cross-dressers virtuous, mulan.

li yu, writer , entrepreneur, featured gendering of bodies dependent upon men’s desires , operated system of gender dimorphism, assumed social boundaries of time. when li yu created acting troupe, many elite males did, had concubine played male role believed suited male or considered more of masculine gender.

in modern-day peking opera , film, there male female cross dressers , vice versa characters, time periods.

early sexual reassignment surgery

sex , gender arguably fluid within late ming , qing dynasties many female infants forced sex changes males. this, in turn, affected children living transgender lives, whether through physical transformation or—if there not sex change—continuous cross-dressing.

laws regarding gender reassignment

in 2009 chinese government made illegal minors change officially-listed gender, stating sexual reassignment surgery, available on age of twenty, required in order apply revision of identification card , residence registration.

in 2014 shanxi province started allowing minors apply change additional information of guardian’s identification card. shift in policy allows post-surgery marriages recognized heterosexual , therefore legal.