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Great hand hold at the Great Wall
29 Nov 2009 4:42PM
Avinash 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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