A Day in Hand - Same Sex Hand Holding (SSHH!)

Great hand hold at the Great Wall29 Nov 2009 4:42PMAvinash and Vince holding hands on the Great Wall of China for the Same-Sex Hand Holding project.
Amazing picture of two amazing people. Wonder if you can see the hand hold from space? Vince had this to say,

"Anyways, this photo was taken on the 29th of November 2009 and this is my fiancee Avinash. I am from London but live in Beijing at the moment for a year of studies. Holding hands in China is not very common, even for straight couples as public affection is traditionally a taboo. When you see a young straight couple hug and kiss it's already a novice. Boys holding hands is mostly seen as a sign of friendship like in the Middle East. Most people in China are unaware of gay relationships and wouldn't interpret us holding hands us us being together necessarily. The younger generation is changing tho and gays are more and more willing to come out. Since the Chinese, even if they might be homophobic, are a mostly a non-violent, non-judgemental folk, holding-hands is a safe-practice and a great way of pushing forward visibility."

29th November 2009

Great Wall of China, China

part of (Same-sex hand holding) Sshh Saturday November 2009

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A Happy Memento25 Sep 2009 12:46PM"I'm Chiminh Wang, my English name is Catish, it's the guy on the right. The photo was taken on April 2009, please ignore the date below the photograph, it's just the system time after camera reset. That place in the picture is a garden of a factory, which I've ever been lived, I have worked there for several months. I knew the guy during my work time there. But the terrible pity is, this guy is not my boyfriend. He's never known the love I offer, but we seems to be good partners. We were so close to each other, and we do some same things as Chinese lovers do. Just like they do, we spent lots of time to be together with each other. The happy momentos I've never had before. Now he's gone, this photo and the time we have had were kept in my memory."

China, April 2009

China takes A Day In Hand16 Sep 2009 1:03PMLeo and his partner from China said,
"Very glad to people all over the world take part in this activity, I and my partners from China, people all over the world to prove our daughter-in-law. Thank you. My name call 'happiness forever', my name is happy partner forever."

School Park, Jilin City, China, 9th September 2009