Hong Kong's transgender men and women will soon have the right to marry, thanks to the Court of Final Appeal's ruling in the Ms W case, but barriers still exist. This article was originally published in China Daily on 9th April.
Nigel Collett, Fridae's Hong Kong correspondent, comments on the government's ruling on the marriage of Ms W, a male to female transgender person and the recently published Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2014. This article originally appeared in China Daily on March 10 2014.
On March 2nd at an event on the waterfront of Victoria Harbour Hong Kong, well known Hong Kong LGBT community members announced the formation of Double Happiness, the first organisation in support of marriage equality in Hong Kong.
After an open letter in which Gigi Chao expressed her love for her father but was adamant that she is happy with her partner, Sean Eav, Cecil Chao revokes dowry offer but fails to accept Eav as part of the family.
It’s been a busy start to the year in Hong Kong with news from the courts and the people suggesting that acceptance of the LGBT community is tentatively on the up. Let’s have a quick look at what’s been going on.
How hard should you lobby for equality and how quickly should you expect attitudes to change? Two of Hong Kong's most important advocates of equality for LGBT people, York Chow Yat-ngok and Professor Fanny Cheung Miu-ching, have differing approaches. Fridae's Hong Kong correspondent Nigel Collett reports.
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