CHINA: Mothers Of Gay Kids Advertise For Them At “Marriage Market,” Cops Send Them Packing [VIDEO]

The Shanghaiist reports:

Spring is here and love is in the air as dozens of elderly parents flock to the park, desperate to find a suitable partner for their still unmarried sons and daughters. Parents carry with them signs listing all the important details of their marriageable children — their height, salary, age, education level, but notably not their sexuality.

On Saturday, to mark “5/20” (Lover’s Day in China), a group of mothers of LGBT children tried to break through this barrier by advertising their sons and daughters at Shanghai’s popular “marriage market” in People’s Park. Sixth Tone was on hand to witness the historic occasion, reportedly the first of its kind, organized by two LGBT rights group to raise awareness, which went down about how you’d expect.

The group was bombarded with questions from the curious (“How do they have sex?”) and protests from the intolerant (“LGBT issues shouldn’t be a public display. Their choice is wrong and is against Chinese values”) who called their children “abnormal.” With the scene growing more and more tense, finally, security showed up.

The police claimed the mothers weren’t registered to advertise and forced them to stop. Hit the link for more.