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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[file:Li Yinhe (李银河).JPEG|thumb|200px|Li Yinhe, Chinese sociologist.]]<br /> <br /> '''Li Yinhe (李银河)''' is considered China's first female sociologist on sex issues. Born in Beijing in 1952, Li is currently a researcher and mentor of doctorates with the Institute of Sociology at the [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]]. <br /> <br /> Li was born on February 4, 1952 in [[Beijing]]. She studied in the Shanxi University from 1974 to 1977. After graduation she became an editor at the government newspaper ''Guangming Daily'', then a researcher at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She married [[Wang Xiaobo]] in 1980. She studied in the United States of America In 1982 and obtained a Ph.D. in sociology from University of Pittsburgh in 1988. Afterwards she worked as a post-doctoral, then as an instructor at [[Peking University]]. In 1992 she became a professor at the Institute of Sociology at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.<br /> <br /> Her main academic interests are sexual norms, homosexuality and women's studies in contemporary China.<br /> <br /> Li announced on Dec. 18, 2014 that she had been in a relationship with a transgender man for 17 years after her husband died.<br /> <br /> '''Activism'''<br /> <br /> Li Yinhe has been active in calling for greater tolerance for nonconventional sexual activities in China. She thinks the country is undergoing a de facto sexual revolution, and encourages people to re-examine traditional attitudes towards sexual promiscuity and homosexuality. She proposes decriminalization of orgies and prostitution (both currently illegal in China). She also believes that monogamy is a personal decision made between a couple, and should not be enforced by law or social pressure.<br /> <br /> As a member of the national committee of [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]] ([[CPPCC]]), Li had submitted proposals to legalize same-sex marriages in 2003, 2005 and 2006. None have succeeded so far.<br /> <br /> She was a keynote speaker at the 2006 International Conference on LGBT Human Rights in Montreal.<br /> <br /> Li also publicly speaks about other issues of social justice, such as the growing urban-rural divide in China.<br /> <br /> '''Major works'''<br /> <br /> 《中国人的性爱与婚姻》 ''Sexuality and Marriage in China'', Henan People's Press,1991. <br /> <br /> 《他们的世界 - 中国男同性恋群落透视》''Their World: a Study of Homosexuality in China'', co-authored, Cosmos Press, Hong Kong, 1992; Shanxi People's Press, 1993. <br /> <br /> 《生育与中国村落文化》''Procreation and Chinese Village Culture'', Oxford University Press, Hong Kong, 1993; Chinese Social Science Press, 1994 <br /> <br /> 《性社会学》''Human Sexuality'', translator, Henan People's Press, 1994. <br /> <br /> 《中国婚姻家庭及其变迁》''Changing Chinese Marriage and the Family'', Heilongjiang People's Press, 1995. <br /> <br /> 《中国女性的性与爱》''Sexuality and Love of Chinese Women'', Oxford University Press, Hong Kong, 1996. <br /> <br /> 《女性权力的崛起》''Rising Power of the Women'', Chinese Social Science Press,1997. <br /> <br /> 《中国女性的感情与性》Sexuality ''and Love of Chinese Women'', China Today Press, 1998. <br /> <br /> 《同性恋亚文化》''Subculture of Homosexuality'', China Today Press, 1998. <br /> <br /> 《虐恋亚文化》''Subculture of Sadomas'', China Today Press, 1998. <br /> <br /> [[Category: People]]</div>

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