A prominent Chinese lesbian couple has held an informal ceremony to announce their marriage in their latest effort to push for legalization of same-sex unions in China.
The union of Li Tingting and Teresa Xu came six days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to validate same-sex marriages in the United States, and four months after Li was detained in China for her activism for women's rights.
Li says the ceremony Thursday was partly prompted by the U.S. court decision
Same-sex marriage is not legal in China, and there is no broad social effort to push for its legalization.
Li was detained in early March with four others amid China's crackdown on social activism, and their detention drew concern from foreign governments. The five were released 37 days later.
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