I'm definitely NOT trying to say that non-cishet people in China *shouldn't* be allowed to adopt or get married and should have a different standard than people elsewhere. People should be allowed to marry and adopt regardless of where they live, period.
Ideally these kinds of laws shouldn't be determined by geography, we agree on that. However, it's an unfortunate reality that change of attitudes does not happen uniformly across geographic or "cultural" lines. If an important social change (like accepting LGBT people and challenging cisheteronormativity) starts taking hold in a region with no power over its own laws governing the issue, this is an impediment to pushing change forward. Especially when the power to enforce these social standards is highly concentrated, it can be hard for a movement to get off the ground and make gains before getting stomped out from above.
I'm definitely NOT trying to say that non-cishet people in China *shouldn't* be allowed to adopt or get married and should have a different standard than people elsewhere. People should be allowed to marry and adopt regardless of where they live, period.
Ideally these kinds of laws shouldn't be determined by geography, we agree on that. However, it's an unfortunate reality that change of attitudes does not happen uniformly across geographic or "cultural" lines. If an important social change (like accepting LGBT people and challenging cisheteronormativity) starts taking hold in a region with no power over its own laws governing the issue, this is an impediment to pushing change forward. Especially when the power to enforce these social standards is highly concentrated, it can be hard for a movement to get off the ground and make gains before getting stomped out from above.