NEWS: 8 Men Charged For Homosexual Group Sex In China

<p>8 Men have been charged for engaging in homosexual group sex in China.</p> <p>By Newsdesk | 15th January 2014 </p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4604355080.png" width="459" height="306" alt="China" title="China"/></p> <p></p><p>• 8 Men from the ages of 20-40 were discovered by police naked in hotel room</p><p>• Participants were charged 50 yuan (£5) by the organiser to attend China.org,cn reports</p><p>• The group was organised via chat servce QQ</p><p></p><p></p><p>Eight men in the Xuhui District, in Shanghai have been given detention or administrative penalties for participating in group sex, China.org.cn are reporting. </p><p></p><p>According to the site, Mr. Wu, the organiser booked a hotel room and waited for attendees, who he connected with via a chat service called QQ. Wu charged each of the attendees 50 Yuan to attend, around £5.</p><p></p><p>He was sentenced to five months of administrative detention for engaging and organising the group sex. The attendees were give administrative penalties. </p><p></p><p>China has a chequered history in LGBT rights – same-sex sexual activity has only been legal since 1997, whilst the country does not recognise gay relationships or marriages. Same-sex couples are not permitted to adopt and there is no legal statute to protect gays from discrimination. However transsexuals are legally permitted to change their legal gender.</p><p></p><p>Homosexuality was removed from the Minstry Of Health’s list of mental illnesses in 2001. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p>