On 17 May 1990, the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders.  In 2001, China followed suit and officially scrapped homosexuality from the Chinese Classification of Mental Disorders.

10 years have passed since then, but the idea that homosexuality is a mental disorder is still alive and kicking in many Chinese minds.  A lot of mental health professionals are still treating homosexuality as a mental disorder, and numerous hospitals open clinics aimed at “curing homosexuals”, publicly boasting about their transformative successes with homosexual “patients”.  Tragically, those mental health professionals are often the first people approached by LGBT-people struggling with their sexual identity – while they might think they’re helping their patients with a “curing” program, hundreds of people worldwide who have gone through such programs have testified to the trauma’s they endured.  These cures don’t heal: they kill.

In this documentary, Queer Comrades takes you to the mental health world, introducing you to experts who are fighting the misguided LGBT conceptions of their colleagues, and featuring 2 “ex-patients” who are adamant to tell the world about the dangers of enlisting in LGBT “curing” programs.

On 17 May 1990, the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders.  In 2001, China followed suit and officially scrapped homosexuality from the Chinese Classification of Mental Disorders.

10 years have passed since then, but the idea that homosexuality is a mental disorder is still alive and kicking in many Chinese minds.  A lot of mental health professionals are still treating homosexuality as a mental disorder, and numerous hospitals open clinics aimed at “curing homosexuals”, publicly boasting about their transformative successes with homosexual “patients”.  Tragically, those mental health professionals are often the first people approached by LGBT-people struggling with their sexual identity – while they might think they’re helping their patients with a “curing” program, hundreds of people worldwide who have gone through such programs have testified to the trauma’s they endured.  These cures don’t heal: they kill.

In this documentary, Queer Comrades takes you to the mental health world, introducing you to experts who are fighting the misguided LGBT conceptions of their colleagues, and featuring 2 “ex-patients” who are adamant to tell the world about the dangers of enlisting in LGBT “curing” programs.

在纪录片的第一部，大学生谈论家庭。如果你想知道他们/她们关于教育，爱情，性和未来的想法，请继续看纪录片的另外四部。

In this fascinating documentary, Queer Comrades invites 10 university students coming from different places in China to give you a glimpse into the challenges and prospects for young people nowadays.  4 of them are gay, 5 of them are straight, and 1 of them is bisexual – they all agreed to give a no-holds-barred account of their innermost thoughts.

In the first part of the documentary, the university students talk about family.  Please continue watching the documentary’s 4 other parts to find out what they think about education, love, sex and future.

在纪录片的第二部，大学生谈论教育。如果你想知道他们/她们关于家庭，爱情，性和未来的想法，请继续看纪录片的另外四部。

In this fascinating documentary, Queer Comrades invites 10 university students coming from different places in China to give you a glimpse into the challenges and prospects for young people nowadays.  4 of them are gay, 5 of them are straight, and 1 of them is bisexual – they all agreed to give a no-holds-barred account of their innermost thoughts.

In the second part of the documentary, the university students talk about education.  Please continue watching the documentary’s 4 other parts to find out what they think about family, love, sex and future.

在纪录片的第三部，大学生谈论爱情。如果你想知道他们/她们关于家庭，教育，性和未来的想法，请继续看纪录片的另外四部。

In this fascinating documentary, Queer Comrades invites 10 university students coming from different places in China to give you a glimpse into the challenges and prospects for young people nowadays.  4 of them are gay, 5 of them are straight, and 1 of them is bisexual – they all agreed to give a no-holds-barred account of their innermost thoughts.

In the third part of the documentary, the university students talk about love.  Please continue watching the documentary’s 4 other parts to find out what they think about family, education, sex and future.

在纪录片的第四部，大学生谈论性。如果你想知道他们/她们关于家庭，教育，爱情和未来的想法，请继续看纪录片的另外四部。

In this fascinating documentary, Queer Comrades invites 10 university students coming from different places in China to give you a glimpse into the challenges and prospects for young people nowadays.  4 of them are gay, 5 of them are straight, and 1 of them is bisexual – they all agreed to give a no-holds-barred account of their innermost thoughts.

In the fourth part of the documentary, the university students talk about sex.  Please continue watching the documentary’s 4 other parts to find out what they think about family, education, love and future.

在纪录片的第五部，大学生谈论未来。如果你想知道他们/她们关于家庭，教育，爱情和性的想法，请继续看纪录片的另外四部。

In this fascinating documentary, Queer Comrades invites 10 university students coming from different places in China to give you a glimpse into the challenges and prospects for young people nowadays.  4 of them are gay, 5 of them are straight, and 1 of them is bisexual – they all agreed to give a no-holds-barred account of their innermost thoughts.

In the fifth part of the documentary, the university students talk about future.  Please continue watching the documentary’s 4 other parts to find out what they think about family, education, love and sex.

What is sexual identity?  What is Queer?  In this video, Queer Comrades takes you to the UEEH, an annual LGBTQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer) encounter in France, for some very interesting answers..

The UEEH is a LGBTQI encounter organized every year in July.  During 12 days, hundreds of artists, activists, non-profit organizers and others from all around the world get together to think, exchange, create and discuss in a political and festive environment.  It’s a genuine laboratory of ideas.

更多信息：www.ueeh.net

For more information, go to www.ueeh.net

做了十 二个多小时的飞机来到了美利坚大陆的西海岸，感觉像是一个可以穿梭时间的旅行者，2010年5月22日星期五9点离开中国北京，2010年5月22日星期 五5点半到达美国洛杉矶。第一次把时间远远地甩在了身后。一切都是那么新鲜，新奇以及令人兴奋不已。然而接下来的40天的美国之行光阴似箭，在还没搞清楚 每个人的姓什么的时候就挥手告别了。 然而这一切行程都浓缩到了这样一个举动，是体会过的人都无法不时时回想到的－艾滋骑行。7天，980多公里，2000人一路从旧金山骑车到洛杉矶，一次疯 狂的旅程，一种无法言表的感受，一次身体和心灵的对话。7天的太平洋约定，7天心甘情愿的泪水，7天人与人美丽的交汇。在这里我只能用影像来述说这一生中 如此这般的精神之旅。

ON THE ROAD

In the spring of 2010, Xiaogang and Popo, 2 Chinese LGBT activists, set off from Beijing to the glamorous city of Los Angeles, where they were invited to take part in a leadership development program of the LA Gay & Lesbian Center.  It was the start of an incredible journey…

They met all the amazing people powering the programs of the Center, they learned how the LA Gay & Lesbian Center grew up to be the world’s largest LGBT organization, they encountered stars using their glitz for the good cause and they participated in a truly life-changing bicycle ride to end AIDS.

Their travels are captured in this documentary – watch, enjoy and be inspired!

做了十 二个多小时的飞机来到了美利坚大陆的西海岸，感觉像是一个可以穿梭时间的旅行者，2010年5月22日星期五9点离开中国北京，2010年5月22日星期 五5点半到达美国洛杉矶。第一次把时间远远地甩在了身后。一切都是那么新鲜，新奇以及令人兴奋不已。然而接下来的40天的美国之行光阴似箭，在还没搞清楚 每个人的姓什么的时候就挥手告别了。 然而这一切行程都浓缩到了这样一个举动，是体会过的人都无法不时时回想到的－艾滋骑行。7天，980多公里，2000人一路从旧金山骑车到洛杉矶，一次疯 狂的旅程，一种无法言表的感受，一次身体和心灵的对话。7天的太平洋约定，7天心甘情愿的泪水，7天人与人美丽的交汇。在这里我只能用影像来述说这一生中 如此这般的精神之旅。

ON THE ROAD

In the spring of 2010, Xiaogang and Popo, 2 Chinese LGBT activists, set off from Beijing to the glamorous city of Los Angeles, where they were invited to take part in a leadership development program of the LA Gay & Lesbian Center.  It was the start of an incredible journey…

They met all the amazing people powering the programs of the Center, they learned how the LA Gay & Lesbian Center grew up to be the world’s largest LGBT organization, they encountered stars using their glitz for the good cause and they participated in a truly life-changing bicycle ride to end AIDS.

Their travels are captured in this documentary – watch, enjoy and be inspired!