A group of Chinese lawyers is calling for their government to allow civil partnerships and otherwise extend equal rights to same-sex couples, according to the official Xinhua news service.
At the 2013 China LGBT Community Consultation conference organized by the United Nations Development Programme in Beijing last week, lawyer Liu Wei of Chinese firm Angelo Chen Law Office, said a growing number of clients are consulting lawyers about the legal rights of same-sex couples. According to Xinhua, Liu has a history of advocating on behalf of minority groups.
