A body of the National People's Congress, China's highest law-making institution, has publicly acknowledged petitions to legalize same-sex marriage, a rare development that has triggered a discussion of the topic.
Li Tingting laughs as she is lifted off the ground by her wife, Teresa Xu, outside a beauty salon in Beijing where the two were preparing for their informal wedding as clerks from an adjacent shop look in July 2015.BEIJING — China has taken a step forward to allow same-sex marriage, a move that could undo years of discrimination, delight rights activists and give new rights to the LGBTQ community"after years of hiding and struggling.
Expectations are raised that the nation, which is led by the Communist Party, might eventually join the growing number of countries that have passed legislation protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people.
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