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by Rex Wockner
About 30 gays and lesbians staged a public gay rights action in Beijing on Valentine's Day.
With some of the group dressed as same-sex couples getting married, the activists walked down Qianmen Avenue, a busy shopping street near Tiananmen Square, stopping to pose for wedding pictures.
Passersby were mostly amused or surprised rather than hostile.
Police did not interfere with the demonstration.
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