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A practicing lawyer in Shanghai and working towards a Master degree in law at
Renmin University in China, Mr. Zhou Dan has been actively involved with the emerging
Tongzhi communities in Shanghai for many years. He is the founding member of Shanghai
Hotline For Sexual Minorities, the first legitimate entity in Shanghai dedicated to
building and serving the LGBT community. Hotline provides services that include HIV/AIDS
education, counseling, legal assistance, outreach, networking, skill-building, and
community-building. Mr. Zhou has been Hotline’s legal advisor and counselor ever since
its founding in April, 2003.
Mr. Zhou is also a columnist and frequent contributor for Ai Qing Bai Pi Shu – Zhong Hua Tong
Zhi Wang (Love White Book - Chinese Gay and Lesbian Web), one of the long-standing and
high-trafficked gay websites in Chinese. He has been interviewed many times by newspaper and on-line
magazines on Chinese gay issues.
Mr. Zhou Dan is now a visiting scholar at Yale Law School. |
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