New documentary names top 'queers'
* Source: Global Times
* [10:12 August 26 2010]
By Hao Ying
http://www.globaltimes.cn/www/english/metro-beijing/community/events/2010-08/567532.htmlQueer Comrades has shot a new documentary profiling 10 leaders of China's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, called Cream of the Queer Crop.
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He Xiaopei
He Xiaopei was involved in the LGBT movement before there were any bars, when it was still basically a crime to be gay in China. She focuses sexual rights. For example, with her organization Pink Space she is doing work with wives of gay men, a forgotten group. She also focuses other marginalized people like the disabled, prostitutes and transsexuals. She believes that women should be able to enjoy sex.
Xiao Hei
Xiao Hei, a relative newcomer to the LGBT community, started a group called No Boundaries for transgender people. Her organization is not only about reaching out to other people, but putting out a voice about what it is to be transgender. It's not only about being transsexual or being a drag queen. There are people who don't identify as their biological gender, but don't identify as the other gender either. They don't seek to undergo surgery, and don't want to be controlled by social norms. Xiao Hei's work also focuses on bisexuals, who are also more mobile in their sexual identity.
