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    <description><![CDATA[Being lesbian or bisexual still signifies harsh living conditions in modern China. Since 1997 it is not longer illegal to be homosexual and in 2001 homosexuality has even been removed from the Ministry of Health's list of mental illnesses. But despite all loosened restrictions and the increasing influence of more open Western values, homosexual life in China still remains mostly hidden. Lesbians and bisexuals have still less publicity and possibilities to meet than gays. To make things worse, expectations on marriage towards a generation of single descendants are now stronger than ever. But there are also more ways to meet and connect each other like never before. Homosexual online platforms are mushrooming and new conceptions of living are invented in no time. To circumvent the pressure of getting married, fake marriages are celebrated between lesbians and gays and provide certain freedom. On account of the skyrocketed housing prices in the bigger cities, women living together are more and more tolerated and seen as a common household in order to save money. But the downside is obvious: with this pretense at concealment there will be no change of mind in the near future and living such a lie of omission is for most of the affected not pleasing at all.<br />
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Photo documentary by Fabian Weiï¿½<br />
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:06:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Xiao, 29, is standing at the window of the Beijing LaLa Shalong, one of China's first lesbian associations. As a staff member she is helping to prepare the saloon's seventh birthday party this year.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:05:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Betty, 51, and Spring, 32, met on the Internet. Their age difference is not a problem for them. They know each other for nearly one and a half year now. But until they can finally get together, Spring has to get divorced from her husband.  But that also means she leaves her family. She leaves her home-town. She leaves her workplace.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:02:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A so-called Tomboy is partying with a tiger costume at the seventh anniversary party of the Beijing LaLa Shalong. Chinese lesbians are very strict about role allocations between the rather male T (tomboy) and the female P (pure) lesbians.]]></description>
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      <title>Lala Life (Xi and her girlfriend)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:01:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Xi is partying at the anniversary party of the Beijing Lala Shalong with her girlfriend. On most of the other nights, the secluded club called LANE is a strip club.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:59:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Xiao, 29, spent her first night with her new girlfriend in her own apartment.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:56:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Hua is flipping through her wedding pictures on the phone. A few months ago the 29 year old lesbian celebrated her so-called 'fake wedding'. Her parents and most of her friends believe that she is now living together with her husband. But her husband is actually gay and they only meet each other when they have to fulfill their role pretending to be a happy couple.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Xiao got divorced lately. Her parents are amongst the few ones in China who know about their daughter's real sexual orientation. But they are still struggling to accept it and hope that she will get married to a guy again in the future. Xiao's girlfriend is visiting her for the first time at her home.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:52:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Betty, 51, and Spring, 32, can see each other just a few days a year and only in hotel rooms. They met over the Internet one and a half years ago. Spring is still married and wants to get divorced from her husband soon so that they could live together. But she is worried to leave her parents and maybe even her son behind.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:47:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Xi, 21, belongs to the 'post 90s' generation, China's rebellious youth. She is more open about her orientation being bisexual than older women. She is dating a lesbian at the moment, but to please her mother she will probably get married to a straight guy.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:42:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[On one arm, Xi has a tattoo of Maria as symbol of the mother, who still plays the most important role in a Chinese family. She supports her own mother with what she can afford to give of her 300 Euro salary each month. On the other arm she has incised her nickname, Vner, with a razor blade.]]></description>
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