A U.S. Diplomat Married His Chinese Boyfriend And It Was Adorable
Hanscom Smith, the consul-general in Shanghai, and his beau’s wedding in the U.S. was announced on the consulate’s official Weibo page.
Despite a gay Chinese couple's recent failed attempt to win the right to be married, an American diplomat based in China and his partner found a way to dodge that problem — the couple tied the knot Tuesday in San Fransisco, according to news website China.org.
Hanscom Smith, currently a consul general in Shanghai, was officially pronounced husband and husband with his longtime partner, Eric Lu, in San Fransciso's City Hall.
"It's time to share with everyone the good news!" the American consulate in Shanghai announced in Chinese on its official Weibo account. It had been using the hashtag #VacationOfConsulGeneral to, well, document the consul's vacation.
The consulate didn't immediately respond to BuzzFeed News' request for comment.