# Bao, *Queer Comrades*, 2018 > [!cite] > Bao, Hongwei. *Queer Comrades: Gay Identity and* Tonghzhi *Activism in Postsocialist China*. Gendering Asia, #14. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2018. --- ‘Literally ‘comrade’, *tongzhi* is one of the most popular terms to refer to sexual minorities in China today. Despite the numerous other terms that circulate in China, including *tongxinglian* (homosexual) and *ku’er* (queer), *tongzhi* is the most widely accepted term for self-identification by queer people in early 21st century China.’ [[Bao, Queer Comrades, 2018|(Bao 2018, 3)]] ^b4846b