Peng Yanhui (Yanzi, born ) is a Chinese LGBTQ rights activist. Peng grew up near

Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...

and enrolled in university in Guangzhou in 2002, where he says he learned about

homosexuality Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or Human sexual activity, sexual behavior between people of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexu ...

for the first time. In 2013, Peng quit his job and founded LGBTQ Rights Advocacy China. He became well known in 2014 after suing a private

psychiatric hospital A psychiatric hospital, also known as a mental health hospital, a behavioral health hospital, or an asylum is a specialized medical facility that focuses on the treatment of severe Mental disorder, mental disorders. These institutions cater t ...

Chongqing ChongqingPostal Romanization, Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the State Council of the People's Republi ...

where he checked in underneath the pseudonym Yang Teng to investigate claims that it was using

electroshock therapy Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a psychiatric treatment that causes a generalized seizure by passing electrical current through the brain. ECT is often used as an intervention for mental disorders when other treatments are inadequate. Condit ...

to allegedly cure gay people. After he received such treatment, he won the case, receiving $500 compensation for suffering caused. The clinic was ordered to remove all adverts promoting conversion therapy from its sites. , Peng was a

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at the Paul Tsai China Center of the

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1980s births Year of birth uncertain Living people Chinese gay men 21st-century Chinese LGBTQ people Chinese LGBTQ rights activists {{LGBT-activist-stub