editor of the City Magazine. There, he met a wealthy Chinese merchant, who agreed to finance Xiaomingxiong for his first gay liberation Chinese publication, A Chinese Gay's Manifesto (1980). This was followed by the underground newsletter "Pink Triangle" (1981) and the book Twenty-five Questions about Homosexuality (1981). The public's reactions also earned Xiaomingxiong a column space in the City Magazine, allowing him to openly disseminate information and advice on homosexuality. After more than five years of preparations, the comprehensive The History of Homosexuality in China was published in 1984 just before the announcement and agreement of the Sino-British Joint Declaration. A later revision of The History of Homosexuality in China was published in 1997, just before the transferral of ownership of Hong Kong from Britain to China. Selected works The History of Homosexuality in China (Chinese, 1984, revised 1997) Context Xiaomingxiong first started working on his 1984 book The History of Homosexuality when he was still in New York. After meeting at the White House, Xiaomingxiong went to the Library of Congress where he found and read a book called The Secret History of Homosexuality (Chinese, 1964). While there was a great amount of historical information, Xiaomingxiong felt that the analysis of male homosexuality was inaccurate, saying “the comments the author made on why people become homosexual were just ridiculous.” During this time, homosexual acts between men was still illegal in Hong Kong because many Chinese’s beliefs were that homosexuality was a “foreign vice” imported from the West. Xiaomingxiong began to write his own book in response to these beliefs. With the Sino-British Joint Declaration looming overhead, Xiaomingxiong rushed to publish his book in fear of suppressions towards freedoms of speech. Though published through the Pink Triangle Press, Xiaomingxiong received little support in publishing, and he financed and distributed The History of Homosexuality (1984) personally. In 1991, consensual homosexual acts in the private sphere was legalized in Hong Kong. Six years later, the revised version of The History of Homosexuality was published on the eve of July 1, 1997, right before the Hong Kong handover. Content The History of Homosexuality (1984) documents a history of “same-sex” love within China from the Zhou Dynasty to the 1980s. The book itself touches upon homosexual activities amongst various social groups and settings, specifically in “divided families on the mainland seaboard, the royal court, the nobility, scholars, and sexually segregated groups such as prisoners.”