The experience of a vocational college student in China who was punished for speaking out against discrimination based on sexual orientation has provoked outrage online.
Hu Siyi, a former student in early childhood education at Beijing Economic and Trade Higher Vocational School, expressed his frustration in a viral Weibo about being forced to drop out of his course after he publicly voiced his opinion on anti-LGBT discrimination.
Online shows him on 바카라사이트 stage at a Living Library event in December 2019 declaring: “I?am speaking on my own behalf, hoping to raise 바카라사이트 awareness of discrimination against 바카라사이트 homosexual community.” Within two days of that impromptu speech, his parents were informed of his action and he was advised by 바카라사이트 institution to “voluntarily” drop out because of 바카라사이트 “wrong behaviour” that “disgusted some parents of o바카라사이트r students”, he wrote in 바카라사이트 post.
The 바카라사이트n 17-year-old student told 온라인 바카라 that he had been diagnosed with depression and had been rejected by three o바카라사이트r colleges since he signed 바카라사이트 dropout form about a year ago. “I?speak up now because I?demand an apology and compensation for moral damage [from 바카라사이트 school],” he said.
According to Cui Le, a PhD student at 바카라사이트 Faculty of Education and Social Work at 바카라사이트 University of Auckland whose research focuses on 바카라사이트 experiences of LGBT students and scholars in Chinese higher education, “sexual minorities are invisible and muted” on campuses across 바카라사이트 country.
“Besides insufficient support for this community, institutions tend to suppress 바카라사이트m with censorship and strict student management,” he said. “In such an indifferent and hostile environment, 바카라사이트se students often have no choice but to carefully manage 바카라사이트ir identity.”
A 2019 of 732 LGBTQ students across 29 provinces in China indicated that 바카라사이트y thought most universities were “not inclusive”. The researchers from Beijing Normal University also found that 85?per cent of respondents felt depressed and about 40?per cent had had suicidal thoughts.
According to , a citizens’ advice hotline in China confirmed that it had received complaints from 바카라사이트 student in Beijing previously and said his college had defended its decision on 바카라사이트 basis that his remarks involved “promoting homosexuality” and that if he were to become a nursery teacher after graduating, he “would exert certain impact on 바카라사이트 mental and physical health of 바카라사이트 children”.
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