China Rainbow Media Awards

The China Rainbow Media Awards is a series of awards given to media artisans and publication outlets for their coverage or featuring of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the People's Republic of China. It is organized by the Aibai Culture & Education Center and the Beijing Gender Health Education Institute, and the inaugural ceremony was held on 9 December 2011 in Beijing.

2011

Among the presenters for the 2011 event was a 72-year-old man named Old Paris who was jailed 3 times in his life by the government for his homosexuality (under the "hooliganism" charge). Old Paris presented the Special Contribution Award to sexologist and National People's Congress member Li Yinhe. Li, who was part of the organizing committee for the event, was not able to attend, but submitted a video expressing her support.

Another presenter at the ceremony was Lu Rong (also known as "Auntie Ou"), a 61-year-old retired worker who had recently obtained Internet access and became an acquaintance to gay men online. She is the author of "Those Gay Children of Mine",^[1] which was published in 2011, and is a member of the Beijing chapter of PFLAG China.^[2]

2011 winners

Best news reports

• Newspaper: China's first research report on domestic violence among lesbians indicates issues that can't be ignored, Du Xiao, Legal Weekly
• Magazine: Homosexual Spouses report series, Hong Hu et al., Southern Metropolis Weekly
• Television: "Grasp A Dream," Phoenix Television
• Internet: "Women Submitting Proposals", Wangyi Nvren Pindao
• English: "The Loveless Marriages of China's Gay Men," Yang Dingdu et al., Xinhua News

LGBT Salute Awards

• Newspaper: Southern Weekend and the China Daily
• Magazine: Time Out and Southern Metropolis Weekly
• Columns: Dinah Gardner, for her columns in Time Out

Other awards

• Special Contribution Award: Li Yinhe

See also

• GLAAD Media Award

References

External links

• China Rainbow Awards