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Chinanews, Guangzhou, May 9 - According to a report by Nanfang Daily, a homosexual hotline financed by Chiheng Foundation has received 2,336 calls in the past year, most (51.3%) from gays. About 26.2% of them consulted about legal problems, and another 15.3% wanted to know something about the prevention and treatment of AIDS. Lesbians only take up 5% of the callers. Some of the family members of homosexuals also dialed the hotline to seek for help, most of them suffering from severe psychological problems.
"I want to be a volunteer, too, to help parents like me," said a mother of a gay in the phone. The mother felt was shocked when she learned of her son's sexuality, and had called the hotline several times. "She spoke1 tearfully when she made her first call, and she could hardly tell her son's story through her sobs," said Shen, who is in charge of the hotline. "She felt very very self-reproachful at that time." After talking to the volunteers, the mother eventually understood and accepted her son's sexuality, and she realized that her prejudice had brought a lot of pain to her son. "In China, most homosexuals will get married with the opposite sex in the end, due to the strong pressure from the society. However, heterosexual marriage can do nothing to alter the sexuality. Instead, when one finds out the real sexuality of one's spouse2, one tends to feel deceived, which will definitely lead to marital3 conflicts," said Feng, who is in charge of the Guangzhou division of the hotline. "We should pay attention to the family members of homosexuals, for there are too few places for them to seek for help."
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