Peng Yanhui
Peng Yanhui (Yanzi, born c. 1983) is a Chinese gay rights activist.
Peng grew up near Guangzhou and enrolled in university in Guangzhou in 2002, where he says he learned about homosexuality for the first time.[1]
In 2013, Peng quit his job and founded LGBT Rights Advocacy China.[1] He became well known in 2014 after suing a private psychiatric hospital in Chongqing where he checked in underneath the pseudonym Yang Teng to investigate claims that it was using electroshock therapy to allegedly cure gay people. After he received such treatment, he won the case, receiving $500 compensation for suffering caused. The clinic was ordered to remove all adverts promoting conversion therapy from its sites.[2][3][4][5]
As of 2022[update], Peng was a visiting scholar at the Paul Tsai China Center of the Yale Law School.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Lavers, Michael K. (30 August 2022). "Chinese activist continues fight for LGBTQ, intersex rights from U.S." Washington Blade. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ Hunwick, Robert Foyle (19 December 2014). "Beijing court orders clinic to compensate gay man for 'treating' his sexuality". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Gay Chinese man wins legal battle over forced conversion therapy". BBC News. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Man wins lawsuit in China over forced gay conversion therapy". AP News. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Many people in China believe gays can be 'cured'". The Economist. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ Qu, Hannah (25 February 2022). "Yanzi: Fighting the Slow Battle of LGBTQ Rights in China". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
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