Chinese activists stage first public protest for gay rights

This week, Chinese gay rights activists -- yes, you heard that right -- held a twenty minute protest where they handed out flyers with red carnations during lunch in the business district of Beijing. An excerpt from the flyers:

Love has no boundaries; it is nothing to do with gender. We are homosexuals. We also want a life together with our loved one's. Please support all kinds of partnerships and all kinds of love. Please support same-sex marriage.

Read the full story in The Advocate here.