Booklet tells parents to 'prevent' homosexuality
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Families">Families</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="gay">gay</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="expressed">expressed</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="anger">anger</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sex">sex</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="booklet">booklet</span> <span word="given">given</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="teenagers">teenagers</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="describes">describes</span> <span word="homosexuality">homosexuality</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="type">type</span> <span word="of">of</span> "<span word="sexual">sexual</span> <span word="deviance">deviance</span>".</p><p><span word="About">About</span> 50,000 <span word="copies">copies</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Parents">Parents</span>, <span word="Please">Please</span> <span word="Walk">Walk</span> <span word="Your">Your</span> <span word="Children">Children</span> <span word="Through">Through</span> <span word="Puberty">Puberty</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="distributed">distributed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Hangzhou">Hangzhou</span>, <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Zhejiang">Zhejiang</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="since">since</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="designed">designed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="aid">aid</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="adolescence">adolescence</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="jointly">jointly</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Hangzhou">Hangzhou</span> <span word="Institute">Institute</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Educational">Educational</span> <span word="Research">Research</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Northeast">Northeast</span> <span word="Normal">Normal</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="Press">Press</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="gay">gay</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="complained">complained</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="booklet">booklet</span>, <span word="describing">describing</span> <span word="homosexuality">homosexuality</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="type">type</span> <span word="of">of</span> "<span word="sexual">sexual</span> <span word="deviance">deviance</span>" <span word="and">and</span> <span word="calling">calling</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="to">to</span> "<span word="prevent">prevent</span>" <span word="it">it</span>.</p><p><span word="One">One</span> <span word="passage">passage</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="reads">reads</span>: "<span word="Because">Because</span> <span word="homosexuals">homosexuals</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="accepted">accepted</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="prevailing">prevailing</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="customs">customs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="moral">moral</span> <span word="standards">standards</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="tend">tend</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="anti">anti</span>-<span word="social">social</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="eccentric">eccentric</span>."</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="Aug">Aug</span> 27, 18 <span word="mothers">mothers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="gay">gay</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="open">open</span> <span word="letter">letter</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Hangzhou">Hangzhou</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="bureau">bureau</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="responsible">responsible</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="institute">institute</span>, <span word="calling">calling</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="booklet">booklet</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="immediately">immediately</span> <span word="recalled">recalled</span>, <span word="its">its</span> <span word="distribution">distribution</span> <span word="stopped">stopped</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="homosexuality">homosexuality</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="revised">revised</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="edition">edition</span>.</p><p><span word="Parents">Parents</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="gay">gay</span> <span word="children">children</span> “<span word="are">are</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="position">position</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protest">protest</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="LGBT">LGBT</span> [<span word="lesbian">lesbian</span>, <span word="gay">gay</span>, <span word="bisexual">bisexual</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="transgender">transgender</span>] <span word="right">right</span> <span word="groups">groups</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="them">them</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Hu">Hu</span> <span word="Zhijun">Zhijun</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="staff">staff</span> <span word="member">member</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="branch">branch</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gay">gay</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="group">group</span>, <span word="Parents">Parents</span>, <span word="Families">Families</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Friends">Friends</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Lesbians">Lesbians</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Gays">Gays</span>.</p>
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