Biography
Born in Beijing in 1952, Li attended Shanxi University from 1974 to 1977. She became an editor at the government newspaper Guangming Daily, then a researcher at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She married Wang Xiaobo in 1980. In 1982 she went to the United States of America and obtained a Ph.D. in sociology from University of Pittsburgh . Afterwards she worked as a postdoc then as an instructor at Peking University. In 1992 she became a professor at the Institute of Sociology at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Her main academic interests are sexual norms in contemporary People's Republic of China, homosexuality and women's studies.
Major Works
*《中国人的性爱与婚姻》,Henan People’s Press,1991.
*《他们的世界——中国男同性恋群落透视》,co-authored,Cosmos Press, Hong Kong,1992;Shanxi People’s Press, 1993.
*《生育与中国村落文化》,Oxford University Press,Hong Kong,1993;Chinese Social Science Press,1994
*《性社会学》,translator,Henan People’s Press,1994.
*《中国婚姻家庭及其变迁》,Heilongjiang People’s Press,1995.
*《中国女性的性与爱》,Oxford University Press, Hong Kong,1996.
*《女性权力的崛起》,Chinese Social Science Press,1997.
*《中国女性的感情与性》,China Today Press,1998.
*《同性恋亚文化》,China Today Press,1998.
*《虐恋亚文化》,China Today Press,1998.
Activism
Li has been active in calling for greater tolerance for nonconventional in China. She thinks the country is undergoing a ''de facto'' sexual revolution, and encourages people to re-examine traditional attitudes towards and homosexuality. She proposes decriminalization of and prostitution . She also believes that monogamy is a personal decision made between a couple, and should not be enforced by law or social pressure
As a member of the national committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Li had submitted proposals to legalize same-sex marriages in 2003, 2005 and 2006. None have succeeded so far.
She was a keynote speaker at the 2006 in Montreal.
Li also publicly speaks about other issues of social justice, such as the growing urban-rural divide in China.
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