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"A woman fighting a landmark LGBTQ+ custody battle in China said she “still has
faith for the future” after winning the right to make monthly visits to her
daughter.
Last month, Didi, who is 42 and lives in Shanghai, travelled to Beijing to
visit her seven-year-old daughter, who lives in the capital with Didi’s
estranged wife and their other child. It was the first time Didi and her
daughter had seen each other in four years.
A court in Beijing said in May that she should be allowed monthly visits with
the child that she gave birth to in 2017. “I think maybe she still remembers
me,” said Didi, who asked to be referred to by her nickname for privacy
reasons. She said that the separation had been “heartbreaking”.
The visitation agreement from Beijing Fengtai people’s court is the first time
that a court in China has recognised that a child can have two legal mothers,
and has been hailed as a milestone by LGBTQ+ campaigners.
However, Didi has not been granted contact with her son, the girl’s brother,
highlighting the difficulty faced by Chinese courts in handling LGBTQ+ family
arrangements.
Didi’s prolonged and unusual legal battle to gain shared custody of her
children is part of a lawsuit that marks the first time that a court in China
has been forced to consider how to handle same-sex parents.
Same-sex unions are not legally recognised in China. But the recent development
in Didi’s case is “very important”, said an LGBTQ+ activist based outside China
who asked to remain anonymous. They said it was significant because it marks
the first time that a court has recognised that a child can have two mothers."
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