The first gay wedding in Shenzhen
August 21st, 2011 by DongXia He | Posted in Life Style, News | 84 Comments »From Southern Metropolis Daily
"I take him for my wedded mate. I will love, honor, comfort, and cherish him from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only unto him for as long as we both shall live." There was a special wedding in a hotel of Luohu district, Shenzhen on August 19. There was no bride, but two bridegrooms: the 25-year-old Mark and 23-year-old An An. This is the first gay wedding made public in Shenzhen. They shared the cake, bowed to heaven and earth, exchanged the rings and kissed each other like other couples. They hope that they can get blessings and understanding from the society.
Friends and relatives refused to show up
The hotel posted a red paper at the entrance as the custom does. It wrote congratulations to the wedding of Mr. Mark and Mr. An An. Many passers-by reminded the staff that it shall be Mr. and Miss. The waiter and waitress explained that it was not a typo.
There were only 5 friends and relatives attended the wedding. "They still don’t understand us" Mark said. Before the wedding, he and An sent invitation cards and made phone calls to dozens of friends and relatives. They invited them to be their love witness. But most of them declined with all kinds of reasons. Or they received the replies like "An, you must be crazy. Go and see the mental doctor please." "Mark, you must be kidding. I’ll present next time when you marry a girl." Mark and An booked 5 tables originally. Only 2 were full that day. They didn’t invite their parents, "We dare not to tell them. They will be furious to death if they know it".
Aunt witnessed their love
3 of Mark’s female friends and 1 of An’s male friend (groomsman) came. "I’m gay too. I know it’s hard for them to be together. I come to give my best wishes." the groomsman said. He told the journalist that most of gay people hide their love to avoid discrimination. He admires Mark and An’s courage, that they dare to make the wedding public . Another guest was An’s aunt Yu. She gave two rainbow wrist ribbons to the couple, because rainbow was seen as a symbol as love of the same-sex. Yu burst into tears several times during the wedding and said sorry to her elder brother. "My nephew doesn’t dare to tell their parents. And I don’t dare to tell my brother and sister in law. But I can feel my nephew’s happiness, so I hope that they remain a devoted couple for good and all" she said. An grew up with Yu. Yu is aunt as well as good friend.
When An told his aunt he was gay, Yu couldn’t understand him and blamed him for that. But An went down on his knees at the door of Yu’s room for 3 days to ask blessing from her. Finally, Yu promised to go to their wedding.
"We are gay. Maybe we are not accepted by the society, but we love each other and marry each other. We will accompany each other day and night, will not abandon and leave" in front of Yu, Mark and An spoke out their love oath. They burst into tears and kissed deeply.
They fell in love with each other at the first sight
Mark is from Hebei. Last year he went to work in Qingdao. He met An in a gay bar and fell in love with each other at the first sight. Mark had twice love affairs (with girls) in his middle school. After college, he found himself interested in the handsome boys rather than girls. He was annoyed. "I always have sleepless night. I felt that I am abnormal. I didn’t dare to communicate with other people." Mark recalled. When he was a sophomore, he watched the film Lan yu, which was about two gay men. He began to be sure that he was gay. Then he found there were a lot of gay people in this society. Through gay bars and websites, he met many friends.
An has the same experience. He moved out of college to live with Mark in March last year.
They hope to restrain each other by wedding
"There’s no right and wrong in love. If you like one, love this person in your heart, no matter your partner is male or female…" Mark sang this song to An in the wedding. The tune of it was written by An and the lyric by Mark. This is the sound of their souls and for all the love of homosexuality.
They came to Shenzhen this year after An’s graduation from college. They found this city very modern and open. Mark explained many gay people had an indulge life. It will be easy for them to get HIV. They hope to have marriage, because it can offer a stable and trustworthy feeling. And making the wedding public can restrain each other. "We hope this wedding can let the society highlight the best of us. And I hope to get the lawful marriage certificate." Mark said.
Mark and An cried several times in the wedding. They felt very difficult to get understanding from other people
They kissed deeply.
Tags: Gay, Love, Marriage, Men, Shenzhen, wedding
Disgusting.
How did China come from being an ass backwards society, to an even more perverse, idiotic, still ass backwards society?
You’d figure these savages would’ve improved their logic and progression already.
R U FREEL?
“How did China come from being an ass backwards society,”
Chinese use the euphemism “Chinese characteristics” but really It’s in the Chinese DNA.
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The only thing more disgusting than 1 Chinamen is 2 Chinamen being gay. Those yellow apes are just perverse by nature I guess.
I hope they catch AIDS from Niggers.
As long as they leave White women alone, I don’t care.
Oh wow… I thought such racist species like expatrick was extinct… Glad I never met one of its kind before… Such strong hatred… It’s scary.
I agree, the racism is quite repulsive… just like this gay wedding.
Oh no,they dont. Thank nature,they dont. I love me some yellow meat.
Quite repulsive.
It’s the comments on the article that are disgusting.
Thank you for showing up, backward and homophobic american puritans.
You’re welcome. Just because YOU accepted this, doesn’t mean WE have to.
Exactly. Stupid Bouh.
老外 and R U FREEL, you don’t deserve the right to free speech. Go back to the rock where you crawled out from under.
Again, shut up. If stories of other people being happy make you upset, I can only imagine what a backwards uncultured twit you are in person. Luckily, you’re on the other end of a web connection, so I never have to encounter your pathetic existence in real life.
Ah, a typical homosexual. Dislikes free speech.
You shouldn’t threaten people, you have no idea what some people are capable of.
David
“Again, shut up.”
Again why do we need to shut up? You are imposing your pro-gay opinions and we are imposing our anti-gay opinions. Doesn’t freedom of speech apply to us all? According to pro-gays ultra liberals the answer is NO.
“If stories of other people being happy make you upset,”
Hey even Jeffrey Dahmer was pretty HAPPY murdering gay men and eating them and was quite UNHAPPY when his evil ass gots caught. So other people being happy doesn’t always make it good or moral. For goodness sake a pedo file is happy when raping a child or whacking off to child pornography.
“I can only imagine what a backwards uncultured twit you are in person.”
When the hell did civility have anything to do with accepting homosexual act? Being crude jackass Chinese is backwards, stating gay sexual acts as gross behavior is a virtue you moron.
“Luckily, you’re on the other end of a web connection, so I never have to encounter your pathetic existence in real life.”
Now you’ve hit a low, almost as low as a typical Chinese peasant, resorting to uncivil violent threats. The truth is homosexual acts are so vile pro-gay liberals must resort to threats and kill off all opposing sides.
TAP SUM BONG!
David
“老外 and R U FREEL, you don’t deserve the right to free speech.”
And who might be qualified to take this right away from them or any anti-gays? You? The homosexual? Obama? The STATE? GOD? WHO??? And by what moral grounds are you appealing to say that?
TAP SUM BONG!
thank you Bouh.
Even if someone doesn’t agree with something there are proper ways to express that. The comments just show the ignorance of those speaking.
Bouh
“It’s the comments on the article that are disgusting.”
No, two greasy Chinese sucking each others’ penis’ is disgusting. Pro-gays have lost all sense of what is gross and disgusting. Soon they will start eating Chinese food. Oh the humanity!!
TAP SUM BONG!
Oh my, it’s indeed the comments that are disgusting, so 落后, so backwards. I don’t even know what to say to you homophobes…
My blessings to Mark and An, may they live happily everafter!
Cheers !!
As an Korean gay this is awesome. Now my ashole can be bigger.
Hail Korea!
TIP KIM JONG!
Me so horny!
Congratulations and best wishes!!!!
bowed to heaven and earth?
bowing to heaven and earth is part of the traditional wedding ceremony in china along with bowing to the parents. Since the parents weren’t there; i guess they skipped that part.
I know, but I thought they’re like atheist now.
ah…fuck me
They pretty much have to do this; with all the girls that were aborted during the one child policy there is a huge imbalance. If the left over males don’t have boyfriends they’re going to have a hell of a lot of pent up frustration. I think this is going to become a lot more common very soon. Don’t blame these guys; they’re just getting what action they can. Blame their government for forcing them into it.
That’s because all the Asian women are getting with strong White men! It’s common knowledge that Asian people HATE girls. But whatever, ship them to the West and we’ll take them as sex slaves!
U can f***ck me if you want, my asshole is big!
TIP KIM JONG INDIA!
White chick fuck negro only so you weenee have to import gold digger made in china and we are proud of it
I was actually making a joke about this years back when I first realised they had a one child policy and gay people are real.
didn’t realised it would really be the case.
Jason
“I was actually making a joke about this years back when I first realised they had a one child policy and gay people are real.”
It doesnt take a rocket scientist to see:
bunch of men – women = sausage party
bunch of greasy chinamen – digger chinawomen = chinese sausage dick-sum banquet
TAP SUM BONG!
China will be one big penitentiary where men ass bang each other. All 20 to 30 million of them. KY Jelly need not apply, they have enough grease to lubricate the world.
TAP SUM BONG!
Yes And I Mr Korea will help them wider my asshole!
:)
Wanna touch my korean banana?
TIP KIM JONG!
Btw why do Indian people smells?
“Btw why do Indian people smells?”
That’s because China boy urine eggs are eaten with deep fried Tiger paws and pickled goat dicks by Chinese.
TAP SUM FLY RICE BONG!
Yes and Indians smell, you know they bath in Shit ha ha! You get that, they bath in shit? ha! ha!
3 Holy sentence:
Indians Smells!
TIP KIM JONG !
I have big asshole!
“they bath in shit? ha! ha!”
Yea but because Chinese shit is greasy tiger dicks are hard to swallow. And going to China will be easy because 1000 year eggs are green and smelly. Duck toe nails marinated Szechuan style I heard is good this time of the year though. But a gay Chinaman is greasier than a brand new Glock 19.
TAP SUM BONG!
I knew it u wanna taste my asshole!
3 Holy sentence:
Indians Smells!
TIP KIM JONG !
I have big asshole!
“I knew it u wanna taste my asshole!”
So much Chinese gays are not good since fat Chinese guys are greasy and skinny Chinese guys are greasier. Wine they clinch their hair you can get enough oil to run the motorized China made bicycles to Shanghai.
BAM!
@korean_guy,
I looked you up, you are not Korean, you are white. Stop pretending to be Korean and stop inciting hatred between the Asians.
I am ashamed of you using the name “Korean” to write these foul garbage.
me
“I am ashamed of you using the name “Korean” to write these foul garbage.”
Not as foul as crude jackass Chinese behaviors!
BAM!
tiger pawns and pickle goat dick, what that we korean only learn to eat dogs from chinese.
Chinese so advance in their weir food, we korean weir people are so behind
Soon you’ll have gay rural peasant pride!
Fly Rice!
i too am disgusted by the homophobic and extremely ignorant comments made by homophobes (fanatical christian americans or otherwise) on this board. more power to the couple for expressing their love for each other in a public ceremony in shenzhen, despite the social prejudice that they endure in china, and despite the sentiments of hate coming from foreign countries including, i am ashamed to say, the bigots here in the united states. not all americans are as hateful and disgusting as those appearing on this comment board, and many christians fully embrace LGBT people and celebrate the love between people in same-sex relationships, rather than interpreting every verse in the old testament in a literal (and mindless) way. homosexuality and transgender people have existed in all human cultures, but the disease of homophobia came from western imperialism and puritanical interpretations of christianity which were imposed on non-western societies during the past 500 years of european colonialism. not all americans, including heterosexual american christians, are as ignorant and bigoted as some of the people on this comment board!
StraightButNotNarrowMinded
“i too am disgusted by the homophobic and extremely ignorant comments made by homophobes”
Actually you and people like are the TRUE BIGOT! Why must you make people who are disgusted by homosexual acts admit it’s good and nice? We live in a jacked up world where we not only can’t say some disgusting things are just plain disgusting but are force to say they are good. Just because these two jackasses like sucking each other cock doesn’t mean I have to like it. And don’t force your pro-homo agenda to those who thinks its disgusting act!!
TAP SUM BONG
I agree with korean_guy.
@StraightButNotNarrowMinded, For some reason I pictured you lisping through the whole thing. That was probably one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read on this board, and I’ve read a lot of stupid things here.
It’s a sad day when people try to get you to accept their abominations, and act like you’re the bigot for disliking evil things. Then again, these days have been happening ever since you had your disorder forcibly removed from the DSM-IV. It reminds me of NAMBLA, a bunch of fucked-up individuals who are trying to get people to accept pedophilia as “normal.”
You give the sickos an inch, and they take a mile. Once the sickos get a foothold, they’ll end up contributing to the complete and total destruction of said county.
Did you ever wonder why the decline of every powerful nation always ends with rampant immorality? It doesn’t take a “Christian bigot” to study history, and see that every nation that fell was mired in openly immoral behavior.
who care what you thing, with luck your son will get married in a gay wedding, don’t laugh untill the fat lady sing
“don’t laugh untill the fat lady sing”
The fat Chinese lady won’t sing because her dog has mental pain. And her cat was eaten by her neighbor Wang Chun Fei. He’s over at the nurses office because his rice dick was cracked. Chicken liver cooked in sewage oil makes the Chiense grease incredible stinky tofu. But joy luck club will forever be in the minds of Chinese due to their black boyfriends who bang them in the bunghole.
TAP SUM BONG!
expatrick. I laughed as soon as I started reading your comment. You give your home country a bad name. Just cause you have an ignorant, small-minded and backward opinion doesn’t mean others are wrong. It just means you’re crying and trying to to convince us that the Earth is flat.
I imagined you crying bitter tears to yourself while you wrote your response, knowing that no matter what you do, the world will continue to evolve and leave you behind in your moronic stupor.
You realize that with your backwards ways, you’re going to be left behind in society just the way the Chinese guys are being left behind. The girls modernized, started demanding to be treated better, and found that foreigner guys are more like what they want. The Chinese guys stuck to an antiquated social model that worked for THEM and are now being screwed over because they can’t evolve.
In this situation, you’re the Chinese guy. Enjoy your pathetic existence while it’s still an option, before your house of cards comes crashing down around you.
Haha, moron.
yeah its a free world so what bigot ass kick you, its good for you it democracy.
good to hear at least one other intelligent fellow on the board. As a christian you might want to read this site. It has a lot of very interesting insites that really helped me understand what the Bible says in a new way. http://www.jeramyt.org/gay.html
christian kill people for century what else it can offer , happy way to death?
“christian kill people for century what else it can offer , happy way to death?”
But banana in the bunghole of a Chinaman is a crime. And happiness is in a Chinese parlor with sweet and sour rattle snake penis. But Cao Cao didn’t want any because Chun Fei cracked his nuts. In reality though China cannot be civilized because Mao had green teeth and loved sucking on titties.
BAM!
You are an apologist and a sad excuse for an American. Have some PATRIOTISM. Just be thankful that you have FREEDOM & DEMOCRACY!
We all know China is inherently evil, therefore we need to spread the word and infiltrate more weak minds.
Well, it was not western imperialism that brought homophobia. It was gay people who started to call everyone who disagree with their idea of love. If my parents says that the girl I’m dating is not a very good candidate for a wife , I won’t start to call them ignorants and stuff like that. Everyone has a personal opinion on every subject. The problem is that gays demands tollerance but they are not tollerant to anyone who says something opposite to them. Only people who does something wrong and incorrect, tries to convince public opinion that it is outrages and cruel to not accept something that was already between us in the history. But if we’d go this way we would have to accept pedofiles, rapers, thieves, prostitudes and other “minority” groups that are present in every society. I know, gays are not harming anyone so it is cruel to compare them to thives or pedofiles but those two groups also think they are not doing any hamr to people. I’d say let’s stop makeing those public shows about gays being discriminated. As a christian I can not hate them but I know that they are sinners if they follow their desires, same way if I follow my desires I am a sinner too and I am not trying to convice everyone around that those things I did wrong in my life were actualy good.
Bless you people and al those comments would be nices to read if there were so much agression and rudeness.
Bless you people and all of those comments would be nicer to read if there weren’t so much agression and rudeness.
*sorry for mess up , it very late in here where I live:)
You all realize that because of China’s messed us population, where some cities there are 130 males for every 100 females. This may be the only option for some Chinese men to every get married.
may be your a retard
Need to learn the meaning of the word sarcasm there dipshit.
Who cares if gay people get married? It won’t affect anyone else’s life at all. It’s not like you’re going to come home from work and see them banging on your couch.
Good luck, Mark and An An. You may have a difficult road ahead, but you will walk it together.
Michael
“You may have a difficult road ahead, ”
Actually if they stay within China border they will be fine. There will be a flood of gay Chinamen soon if not already. 20 to 30 million men who can’t find wives will soon find each other and the thugs, aka Chinese government, will have to allow it for “harmony” sake. Matter of fact China will become the only country to fully accept and foster a gay culture. It’s happening as I speak. Gotta give them rights to ass bang each other.
“but you will walk it together.”
Too much ass banging will prevent that.
TAP SUM BONG!
I am absolutely shocked, disgusted and repulsed. I see this and I want to be sick. This behaviour should be outlawed, and the people who do it should be locked up, or shot, or preferably both.
I am referring of course to the flamebaiting, trolling and general cretinism that dominate the comments threads on ChinaHush.
Cultural Imperialist
“and the people who do it should be locked up, or shot, or preferably both.”
“I am referring of course to the flamebaiting, trolling and general cretinism”
Oh so you want to forcefully impose YOUR anti-flamebaiting, anti-trolling and anti-cretinism on others huh? To go as far as to suggest locking or even shooting them if necessary. Moral compulsory behavior? You sound like a liberal intolerant jackass to me.
Go somewhere else if you don’t like comments here you jackass!
TAP SUM BONG!
whoooosh!
BAM!
Fly Rice!
@korean_guy,
It is you again.
I looked you up, you are not Korean, you are white. Stop pretending to be Korean and stop inciting hatred between the Asians.
I am ashamed of you using the name “Korean” to write these foul garbage.
me
“I looked you up”
No you didn’t!
“you are not Korean”
I am the korean_guy and China is a shit hole, always was always will be.
“Stop pretending to be Korean and stop inciting hatred between the Asians.”
You can think I’m a Muslim for all I care, China is a shit hole and HK is the arm pit of Asia.
“I am ashamed of you using the name “Korean” to write these foul garbage.”
China is giving Asians a bad name. China makes me embarrassed to be Asian. Go help a chinaman in to civility.
TAP SUM BONG!
Good for them! I wish them many years of happiness!
prison bitch time, bend over
Very heartwarming story, although it is on the sad side.
I’m happy with their wedding. I am all for it. As long as no niggers are involved, we are just fine and dandy. Niggers are not human.
Nothing wrong with black people. Niggers on the other hand — while still human — are scumbags. Nothing wrong with being black… but there’s plenty wrong with being a nigger.
John Wayne
“I’m happy with their wedding.”
You condone Ah Chop Chop greasy dick-dick love but hate the blacks?? WTF?
“Niggers are not human.”
Hitler said the same thing about the Jews and the fucktard ended up murdering 6 million. By your standards Chinese are a little below cockroaches, same as daddy Mao “the DUNG” who murdered 55 + million Chinese (some est. 65 + million but I will use 55 + million). Mao “the Dung” probably liked cockroached more than he did his fellow Chinamen (at least Mao can roast the roaches for dinner). As much as I hate the Chinese I’d never say they are sub humans. You John Wayne are a scum of the worst kind.
TAP SUM BONG!
congratulations!!! ^_^ may all your wishes and dreams be granted by the divine goodness of heaven – just as we all wish straight couples the same!
p/s – thank you for taking a step in trying to change “New China!!!” It will NEVER be “new” if events like this do not occur. 谢谢您!
Bless them, and let them live a life of love, happiness, and peace….
CJ
“…and let them live a life of love…”
No one in America is forbidding gays getting together for some same sex love. Shit hole China is a whole different story. If morals are what CCP dictates and is legislated and if Chinese government deems gay love illegal, then it is illegal and no one can say shit about it.
TAP SUM BONG!
CJ
“Bless them…”
WTF do you mean by “bless” them? What does blessing look like in an atheistic country or society?
TAP SUM BONG!
Best wishes to the happy couple!!
To all you homophobes out there – nobody is forcing you to be gay, but then we have come to expect this kind of behavior from people. It is not any different than when interracial marriage was considered unnatural or wrong. There will always be bigots and thankfully their way of thinking will be relegated to the dustbin of history.
James
“It is not any different than when interracial marriage was considered unnatural or wrong.”
Non Sequitur: this illogical thinking is typical of a liberal mind. You guys think with your heart and not head. Interracial marriage was about RACISM, it was never about SAME SEX and it sure wasn’t about redefining marriage.
Spewing shit like “everybody must be equal” bull shit non sense. No one is stopping the gays from sucking each others cock, butt-banging or whatever the hell they want to do to each other. If marriage is so re-definable why the hell is gays so adamant about changing it? Why not re-define marriage as sister and brother? One man and many wives? Many wives and one man? A father and a daughter? A person and his pet?
Same sex marriage is like a married guys whining about how the definition of a bachelors exclude hims. It’s not about civil rights, it’s about useless endeavor by the liberals and gays to redefine a priori definition. This is so stupid my respects for gays have gone to the Chinese shit hole.
“There will always be bigots and thankfully their way of thinking will be relegated to the dustbin of history.”
The liberals are the BIGOT, they can’t even imagine the thought of people who might disagree and think homosexual acts are disgusting! If everyone is so fucking equal why can’t I hold a view that homosexual act is gross? Why must I be forced to think and say homosexual act is nice? Are we living in China 20 years ago?
Liberals are the true bigots of the world.
TAP SUM BONG!
The anus is very close to the vagina.
Tap Sum Putang!
Mark
“The anus is very close to the vagina.”
Ass banging a women is a luxury that 20 million Chinamen may never have.
Ass banging a dude is f**king disgusting!
TAP SUM BONG!
Shit is shit.
Mark
“Shit is shit.”
No shit dude (pun intended).
TAP SUM BONG!
If you disagree with the gay wedding, just close the web. No need to post negative comment about it.
If you agree with the gay wedding, no need to reply the negative comment with another negative statement about them.
Why it’s so difficult to respect another person?
Wewwww.. ~_~”