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Help! I'm a Lesbian! In China!
It's not easy being a lesbian in China. Not that I would have any idea. But it must not be because Wednesday it was announced that this weekend, Shanghai's first lesbian helpline will begin to take calls. While Shanghai already has a gay hotline, this new "lesb-a-line" invites questions, issues and tips specific to gay women in China. The current gay hotline is staffed by men and is almost exclusively used by men. Now, from 2 to 4 on Saturday afternoons, 10 certified female lesbian helpers will field calls from lesbians who need help. Rager Shen, a volunteer with the group funding the line said, "Lesbians would feel uncomfortable talking with men about their private issues, so we just wanted to have a try at setting up a fixed period of time exclusively for women." Fair enough. According to an AP article Wednesday, in China, the lesbian community is paid much less attention than their male counterparts largely because lesbians are not a high-risk population for AIDS the way gay men are. But as Shen points out to the AP, "They (lesbians) do have a lot of psychological problems." Starting Saturday, Chinese lesbians, or as they are called in Mandarin, "lalas", will finally have an outlet to deal with these problems. And if you're thinking to yourself it is presumptuous to assume that lesbians need help, I can't say I disagree. And if you're also thinking, what type of help would lesbians need, it's quite simple. Say there's a young, perky Chinese lesbian who is 25 years old. Scratch that, 19 years old. She's got long silky black hair, a flawless face and a body that just won't quit. She's wearing a short skirt that flaunts her little thighs and a top tight enough to see every curve of her torso. And she's so hot that all the guys at her university won't stop pestering her for a date. And she could have any guy she wants but all she wants is this small, soft, studious girl in her class. All day she fantasizes about taking the girl home, undressing her the moment they step in the door and making love to her in the shower for hours. And during class, she gets so worked up thinking about this sexual encounter that it has started to affect her school work. What should she do? This is probably what most of the calls will be like.

•AP: China's First Lesbian Helpline To Open In Shanghai