Abstract
The question of this research is how the marriages of convenience practice and negotiate in contemporary China. The definition of marriages of convenience by this research is a gay man and a lesbian get married to get the societal pressures off their back to appease their parents and families, holding a wedding banquet,or even get amarriage certificate. Under the recognition of a series institution in heterosexuality marriage, they can have a homosexual life with the knowing of their spouse. With the agency of lesbian and gay people, they can have a homosexual life through the marriage of convenience. But with kinds of intimacy to remain, the lesbian and gay people have to negotiate with each other in different aspect. The gay community and same sex partner help to match the marriage, and reduce the marriage anxiety. Without the romantic love, the lesbian and gay people try to establish a fair relation between them, and they can fight the gender norms under heterosexuality marriage.The gay lesbian and gay people who are are better at socioeconomic statuscan negotiate easily.Part of my informants chose to end their marriage of convenience because of bad negotiating experience,and came out to their parents.