CHINA has held one of its first gay marriages and while it may not be sanctioned by the tightly controlled government, the event has made the couple an internet hit. 

Pictures of the two older men, whose names have not been released, have emerged on China's social media sites in the past few days after the ceremony was held in secret in Beijing. 

Gay marriage remains forbidden and is not legally recognised in China, a country where homosexuality was defined as a "psychiatric disorder" until 11 years ago. 

The two men, one a retired school teacher and the other a retired water delivery man who refer to each as other "daobao" which means big treasure and "xiabao" - little treasure - announced their engagement online using Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter. 

The pair then posted photos of their ceremony,Hot dress with one dressed in a tuxedo and the other wearing a wedding dress and clutching a bunch of red roses. 

The images sparked immediate reaction online. 

"Our love will not be undermined even though we have a different education, background, economic conditions and the same gender," the couple wrote on Weibo. "We will accompany each other forever and we will never separate." 

The marriage is understood to have upset the men's families, with at least one son no longer talking to his father. 

The event divided China's growing online community - the "netizens". 

Some users said homosexuals should still be judged as having "abnormal psychology". 

The number of gay people in China remains unknown,lace short bridesmaids dress china with most homosexual people reluctant to publicly declare their sexuality. 

There has also been a growing trend in the number of "sham marriages" carried out between gay men and female friends to satisfy their parents. 

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