WHEN LESBIANS MARRY GAY MEN

同性恋在不同的文化背景下，有着不同的生活方式。在中国，由于家庭与社会传统有着很强婚姻的压力，许多女同性恋者采取了非同寻常的形式婚姻的方式来化解压力。她们与男同性恋者共同协商，达成婚姻协议，举办婚礼。婚礼之后，与异性恋的婚姻不同，她们继续与自己的同性伴侣住在一起，不与形式婚姻的丈夫分享住宅、财产、性生活和生育计划。《奇缘一生》不仅表现了既要做女同性恋者，又要做孝女的欲望，而且透过她们协商婚姻的过程，一点点地把婚姻的本质彻底揭开。

Under different cultural backgrounds, homosexual people take different life styles. In China, where family and social traditions have strong marital pressures, many lesbians have resorted to unusual forms of marriage to defuse the pressures. They consult with gay to commit to a marriage agreement together, and then hold a wedding ceremony. After the wedding, unlike in heterosexual marriages, they continue to live with their same-sex partners and do not share the home, property, sex life, or birth plan with their husbands in formal marriages. Over the course of two years, When Lesbians Marry Gay Men not only portrays the desire to be both a lesbian and a dutiful daughter, but also gradually uncovers the true essence of marriage through the process of their negotiated unions.

导演：何小培、袁园
编剧：何小培
主演：小熊、静静、可乐、姗姗
制片人：何小培
摄影：袁园、何小培
类型：纪录片
时长：42分钟
完成时间：2012年
对白语言：汉语普通话
地区：中国
制片公司：粉色空间

Director: He Xiaopei, Yuan Yuan
Screenwriter: He Xiaopei
Cast: Xiaoxiong, Jingjing, Kele, Shanshan
Producer: He Xiaopei
Cinematographer: Yuan Yuan, He Xiaopei
Genre: Documentary
Length: 42 min
Year: 2012
Dialogue: Mandarin Chinese
Region: China
Production Company: PINK SPACE

青少年时在松山龙庆峡当羊倌，踏遍青山绿水。大学毕业后参加中国登山队，冲击南迦巴瓦峰。南峰失败后入驻中南海，做公务员十四年，研究经济改革。世界妇女大会前后，投身女权和同志运动。后赴英国攻读硕士、博士，专业：文化研究。回国后创建民间组织——粉色空间，倡导性权利，利用影像表达被压制的欲望和声音。

When Xiaopei was a teenager, she worked as a goat herder in Longqingxia, Songshan Mountain, and traveled all over the green mountains and waters. After graduating from university, she joined the Chinese mountaineering team and stormed the Namcha Barwa Peak. After failing to reach Namcha Barwa, she was stationed in Zhongnanhai and worked as a civil servant for 14 years, studying economic reform. Before and after the World Women Conference, she joined the feminist and queer movement. Afterwards, she went to Britain to study for a master’s degree and a doctorate, specializing in cultural studies. After returning to China, she founded a civil organization, Pink Space, to advocate sexual rights and use images to express suppressed desires and voices.

袁园，毕业于北京电影学院图片摄影专业，独立纪录片导演，从2004年开始参与非政府机构与影像有关的项目，从2012年开始连续四届作为酷儿大学纪录片训练营的讲师，并指导剪辑《小岳同志》、《女夭儿》等营员作品。从2007年参与创办倡导性少数权利的NGO粉色空间（2007），创作和策划了一系列的摄影作品，包括《北京前门同性伴侣结婚行为摄影》（2009），平遥国际摄影大展《山女晋娃农村感染艾滋病妇女和儿童作品联展》（2011），《At this moment, I want to be》（2013）获得荷兰“国际骄傲摄影奖”的特别奖。从2008年开始独立纪录片的创作，主要作品有《宠儿》；《奇缘一生》。

Yuan Yuan, graduated from Beijing Film Academy majoring in Photo Photography, is an independent documentary filmmaker, who has been involved in image-related projects for non-governmental organizations since 2004, and has been a lecturer for four consecutive sessions of the Queer University Video Capacity Building Training since 2012, and has guided the editing of works by campers such as Comrade Yue, Magic. Since 2007, she has been involved in founding the NGO Pink Space, which advocates for the rights of sexual minorities, and has created and curated a series of photographic works, including: Same-sex couple for their wedding photographs at Qianmen street on Valentine’s Day in Beijing,2009,Rural woman and children with HIV photo exhibition, China Pinyao International Photography Festival,2011,At this moment, I want to be,2013（Special Mention at the 2013 Pride Photo Award）. Since 2008, she has been creating independent documentaries, her main works include “The Lucky one” and “When Lesbians Marry Gay Men”.

形式婚姻遇到很多歧视与偏见。有的说同性恋就应该出柜，有的说她们“欺骗”父母亲；还有的说是向父权制的婚姻霸权屈服。而当我们听到当事人讲述她们的形婚经历、协商过程、具体做法的时候，我们开始反思婚姻到底为什么？假如婚姻没有性、财产、住宅、生育计划，照料责任，婚姻还剩下什么？奇缘一生这部片子，帮助我们理解婚姻的本质。

Contract marriages encounter a lot of discrimination and prejudice. Some say that homosexual people should come out of the closet, some say that they are “cheating” their parents, and some say that they are giving in to the patriarchal hegemony of marriage. When we heard the stories about their experiences, negotiations and practices, we began to reflect on what marriage is all about. What is left of a marriage if it doesn’t have sex, property, a home, a birth plan, caretaking responsibilities? This movie helps us understand the essence of marriage.