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China's first report on gays published

BEIJING: China has teamed up with Ford Foundation to publish its first-ever comprehensive report on the sexual behaviours of the nation's gay population.

The report, 'MSM (men having sex with men) in China: Surveying Sex and Self-identity', probes into the sexual behaviours of the country's male homosexuals with 400 detailed interviews and case studies.

"It offers a look into the feelings, identity and expression of the gay group amid different social and cultural backgrounds," director of Sexual Sociology Institute in People's University of China, Pan Shiming said in the report's preface.

The 650,000-word report, written by scholar and writer Tong Ge, is comprised of 15 chapters, including a comparison of attitudes towards MSM between Chinese and Western societies, aesthetics in MSM, and MSM group & marriage between opposite sex, the 'Beijing News' reported.

China has 5-10 million gay men: MoH

BEIJING, Feb. 8 -- According to the survey by the Ministry of Health, sexually active gay men in China account for approximately 2% to 4% of the total number of sexually active men.

Based on these percentages, China has a total of about 5 million to 10 million gay men. It is the first time China released the number of gay men and people infected with AIDS.

In recent years, China has quietly attended to the health issue of gays. In 2003, the government conducted an AIDS survey on six population groups in 138 regions in its 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities.

The six groups included drug users, prostitutes, gays, venereal disease patients, paid blood donors and anonymous people under examination in hospitals.

Through the survey, the country obtained information on infection rate and the behavior patterns of different groups in different regions. Data obtained through this survey supplemented the AIDS surveillance system. So far, China has set up 42 behavior surveillance agencies in 19 provinces.

(Source: CRIENGLISH.com/Chinanews.cn)

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