Transgender culture Transgender in China




1 transgender culture

1.1 youth
1.2 literature
1.3 social media , technology
1.4 transgender people in media





transgender culture
youth

transgender youth in china face many challenges. 1 study found chinese parents report 0.5% (1:200) of 6 12-year boys , 0.6% (1:167) of girls or ‘state wish other gender’. 0.8% (1.125) of 18- 24-year-old university students birth-assigned males (whose sex/gender indicated on id card male) report ‘sex/gender feel in heart’ female, while 0.4% indicating perceived gender ‘other’. among birth-assigned females, 2.9% (1:34) indicated perceived gender male, while 1.3% indicating ‘other’.


one transgender man recounts childhood 1 filled confusion , peer bullying. in school mocked being tomboy , regularly disciplined teachers displaying rowdy boy-like behavior. recommended parents institutionalized.


these attitudes may changing , many chinese youth able live happy , well-adjusted lives members of lgbt+ community in modern china. in july 2012 bbc reported new open economy has led more freedom of sexual expression in china.


literature

literature , plays in 17th century featured cross-dressing, ming dramatist xu wei wrote female mulan takes father’s place in army , female top candidate rejects wife , receives husband. despite female male cross dressing, woman return socially gendered roles of wearing women’s clothes , marry man.


social media , technology

technological advancements promote greater awareness among youth of lgbt+ issues. access western media, such movies, trans-identifying characters, trans-themed web sites broadening knowledge , sense of community many trans youth seek.


transgender people in media

entertainers:



jin xing

models:



liu shihan

citizens:



liu ting

the flowing chinese films portray transgender characters:



swordsmen 2 (1992)
the east red (1993)
whispers , moans (2007)
splendid float (2004)
drifting flowers (2008)




^ winter, sam; conway, lynn. how many trans* people there? 2011 update incorporating new data . retrieved 14 november 2014. 
^ jun, pi (9 october 2010). transgender in china . journal of lgbt youth. 7 (4): 346–351. doi:10.1080/19361653.2010.512518. 
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^ china s acceptance of transgender people . bbc. retrieved 7 april 2015. 
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^ levine, jill (8 august 2013). support transgender rights increasing in china? . tea leaf nation. retrieved 14 november 2014. 
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