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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGING & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Volume 88, Issue 4, Pages 440-456Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0091415019837614
Keywords
lesbian; gay; bisexual; transgender; China; HIV; global human rights
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- NIA NIH HHS [R01 AG026526] Funding Source: Medline
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In this article, we explore the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older adults in mainland China, with an emphasis on the shifting nature of the cultural context. Based on a culturally informed perspective, the intersection of LGBT stigma with cultural values (familial responsibility, filial piety, and loss of face) and larger structural changes (the aftermath of the one-child policy, economic reforms and globalization, LGBT human rights, and HIV policies) are creating dramatic shifts in Chinese society and impacting the lives of LGBT older adults. The increasing prevalence of HIV among gay and bisexual older men, although rarely acknowledged, is also contributing to challenges facing LGBT older adults and their families. These changes render LGBT older adults and those living with HIV and their caregivers at risk of economic insecurity. Resilience and resistance of LGBT older adults in China must be considered in both practice and policy to strengthen LGBT human rights globally.
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