Gay men ask court for right to marry

A court in Central China's Hunan province has accepted a case of two homosexuals who sued the government agency for not allowing them to register their marriage.

It may be the first time in the country that a same-sex couple is seeking the right to marry through legal means.

One of the men, surnamed Sun, and his boyfriend went to the marriage registration office under the civil affairs bureau of Changsha's Furong district in June but were refused by the office staff who said the laws did not allow gay marriage.