Happy Together was previously known as the Queer Reading Group in Zhuhai Campus, Sun Yat-sen University (SUSY). In 2006, under the aegis of Professor Ai Xiaoming and Gender and Sex Education Forum, the group was granted the status of an official association by the university and thus changed its name to Happy Together. That Happy Together was the first LGBT student association in China gaining official recognition provoked heated media discussion.

 

However, Happy Together aimed to promote gender diversity rather than focused only on gay issues. Because of the widespread media coverage, the group was besieged with controversy. In 2007, the university rejected its registration. From then on, Happy Together turned underground, and its activities took place in the Guangzhou Campus instead of the Zhuhai Campus.

 

In 2011, Rainbow Group was established by the students in the Guangzhou Campus, SUSY. Rainbow Group could be seen as a continuation of Happy Together. Rainbow Group aims to “facilitate education on gender and sexual equality and diversity on campus through theory and practice.”

 

 

 

中山大學彩虹社前身是酷兒讀書小組。2006年，小組在艾曉明和性別教育論壇的指導下成為中山大學珠海校區獲准校方成立的LGBT社團，也因此被媒體稱為中國第一個正式被學校批准註冊的同志社團。

 

但彩虹社本身是宣導性別多元，不僅僅限於同志議題。在成立後，因受到媒體大量報導，引發許多爭議。2007年，學校不批准彩虹社的年度資格審核。自此彩虹社活動轉向地下，主要活動場地也從中大珠海校區轉移到中大廣州南校區。

 

2011年中大南校區學生成立彩虹小組。彩虹小組是地下組織，可以看作為彩虹社的延續，其宗旨是「從理論與行動出發，推動校園多元性別平等教育。」

 

 

 

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（當年彩虹社沒有留下網站或博客，以上微博為彩虹小組）