Frustrated by emotionally unavailable men, a growing cohort of educated young women in China are experimenting with dating other women, whom they say can better fulfill their emotional needs.
While lesbian women are not mentioned in news articles about China potentially relaxing a ban on single women freezing their eggs, their reproductive rights are likely to be impacted by it, a Chinese women’s rights activist told The China Project.
Many of the stories printed in Les+ from 2005 until its official suspension in 2015 showcase women's journeys of identification, their quotidian joys and struggles, and their pursuit of intimate life, while some of the special issues touch on topics that were fervently discussed by the community, recording the history of the lesbian subculture of those years.