Zai Zi is the nickname of a Chinese lesbian living in Chengdu. Imagine your partner and the love of your life experiences an incapacitating medical emergency and needs immediate surgery. Now imagine that, because your relationship isn’t legally recognized, you lack the power to authorize the procedure. You can only watch, helpless, as the doctors try to contact a blood relative. The above scenario is a very real concern for many same-sex couples in places where same-sex marriage remains illegal.
