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Attitudes towards sexual minorities among Chinese people: implications for mental health

Part of: LGBTQ History Month Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Joseph Wu  and
Diana K. Kwok
Joseph Wu
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, email joseph.wu@cityu.edu.hk
Diana K. Kwok
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong
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Heterosexuality continues to be regarded and adopted as a norm in the majority of Asian societies. In Hong Kong, lesbians and gay men are still encountering unfavourable attitudes from the general public (such as stereotyping and discrimination). This paper briefly reviews the legal and cultural context and notes in particular the situation in schools.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , May 2013 , pp. 33 - 34
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