{"id":1361,"date":"2016-05-20T09:04:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T09:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/?p=1361"},"modified":"2016-05-20T09:04:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T09:04:05","slug":"untouchable-husbands-stories-of-gay-mens-wives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/?p=1361","title":{"rendered":"Untouchable Husbands: Stories of Gay Men\u2019s Wives"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1362\" style=\"width: 990px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.qq.com\/original\/living\/l564.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1362 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/untouchable_husbands_-_zhao_heting-2.jpg\" alt=\"Zhao Heting\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/untouchable_husbands_-_zhao_heting-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/untouchable_husbands_-_zhao_heting-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/untouchable_husbands_-_zhao_heting-2-199x133.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zhao Heting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">An estimated 16 million women in China are married to gay men. Most of these women entered their marriages unaware of their husbands\u2019 sexual orientations. Discrimination and parental pressure are key reasons why these unions persist. Gay men and lesbian women often resort to marrying each other to hide their sexuality and to please their parents. Although the issue has been covered by both Chinese and international media in written stories, this photo essay is groundbreaking for the way it visualizes the topic.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1363\" style=\"width: 990px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.qq.com\/original\/living\/l564.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1363 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ninja146000426423102.jpg\" alt=\"Zhao Heting\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ninja146000426423102.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ninja146000426423102-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ninja146000426423102-199x133.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zhao Heting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">See more stories and pictures on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinafile.com\/depth-of-field\/aprils-best-chinese-photojournalism\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Chinafile<\/strong><\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">All pictures and text of this story on (only Chinese):<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/news.qq.com\/original\/living\/l564.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/news.qq.com\/original\/living\/l564.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinafile.com\/depth-of-field\/aprils-best-chinese-photojournalism\" target=\"_blank\">Chinafil<\/a>e\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>is an online magazine published by the\u00a0Center on U.S.-China Relations\u00a0at Asia Society, dedicated to promoting an informed, nuanced, and vibrant public conversation about China, in the U.S. and around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An estimated 16 million women in China are married to gay men. Most of these women entered their marriages unaware of their husbands\u2019 sexual orientations. Discrimination and parental pressure are key reasons why these unions persist. Gay men and lesbian women often resort to marrying each other to hide their sexuality and to please their &#8230; <a title=\"Untouchable Husbands: Stories of Gay Men\u2019s Wives\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/?p=1361\" aria-label=\"Mehr Informationen \u00fcber Untouchable Husbands: Stories of Gay Men\u2019s Wives\">Weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1364,"href":"https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361\/revisions\/1364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}