Xiaomingxiong

is the pen name of Wu XiaoMing (Ng Siuming, 吳小明), also known as Samshasha, is a veteran Hong Kong gay right activist and one of the first authors to study the history of homosexuality in China.

[2] At a young age, Xiaomingxiong was exposed to a variety of political, cultural, and religious identities, being interested in Christianity and colonial Britain while also reading books on Communism and Socialism that were banned in Hong Kong at the time.

[2] Though Xiaomingxiong read about gay life through books, it wouldn't be until after graduation in 1975 during a brief stay in Hong Kong that he began exploring his sexuality.

[2][4] The public's reactions also earned Xiaomingxiong a column space in the City Magazine, allowing him to openly disseminate information and advice on homosexuality.

[2] After meeting at the White House, Xiaomingxiong went to the Library of Congress where he found and read a book called The Secret History of Homosexuality (Chinese, 1964).

[2] With the Sino-British Joint Declaration looming overhead, Xiaomingxiong rushed to publish his book in fear of suppressions towards freedoms of speech.

[4][5] The book itself touches upon homosexual activities amongst various social groups and settings, specifically in “divided families on the mainland seaboard, the royal court, the nobility, scholars, and sexually segregated groups such as prisoners.”[6] With references to history, fiction, folktales, official court records, legal codes, religious documents, literature and arts, accounts by foreign missionaries, and even common slang and jokes, this book aimed to comprehensively record mentions of same-sex love in China.

Alongside more historical documentation, Xiaomingxiong added a preface providing contextual information regarding shifts in the social and political climate of Hong Kong in the 1980-90s.