China admits first same sex rights lawsuit

Plaintiff Sun Wenlin (name changed), a homosexual, told state-run Global Times daily that the court has accepted his suit against the civil affairs bureau in Changsha’s Furong district for not accepting his marriage registration application. Sun filed the case on December 16 after his marriage registration application was turned down as only “one man and one woman” can be registered as married. 

Sun claimed that local police also visited his home after he filed the case. “The original text of the Marriage Law does not say one man and one woman, but a husband and a wife,” Sun said. 

The court is expected to pass a ruling on the case within six months.