China: Gay man tortured and beaten in horrific clinic ordeal to 'cure' his homosexuality

Story here. I have to wonder, does this really also happen to gay women there, too? The article says it happens to both, but gay men tend to receive the most frequent and harshest persecution in societies where there is institutionalized intolerance of homosexuality as compared to gay women. Excerpt:

'The documentary reveals how the activist Chen Wei is electrocuted, drugged and beaten, and even told his homosexuality was either a curse from his dead parents who were haunting him - or caused by grief over his dead pet parrot.

There are reportedly thousands of clinics containing everything from quack doctors through to exorcists in China, claiming that they can cure homosexuality and help gay men and women return to "normal lives".

As he undergoes the abuse, brave Chen from the capital Beijing secretly filmed what was going on.

He approached the clinic claiming that he was confused about his sexual orientation and did not understand why he was attracted to other men.

In the documentary, Chen Wei is exposed to dangerous electric shock therapy and drugs, which the clinic's doctor promised would cure his "disease" within three days.'