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Incoming Consul General Hanscom Smith also made headlines in 2016 when he married his boyfriend while serving in Shanghai.

Organisers expect 15,000 people to participate in the first version of the ‘LGBT Olympics' to take place in Asia.

Ray Chan called out his pro-Beijing colleagues as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters.

The Court of Final Appeal ruled the government should recognise the same-sex marriage of a civil servant seeking benefits for his spouse.

This comes as Beijing separately indicates it will not take inspiration from Taiwan’s thought-leadership and legalise same-sex marriage in the PRC.

Hong Kong Free Press reports that just days after Taiwan became the first jurisdiction in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage

Only 40% of Hong Kong’s LGBT citizens are out at work, and the medical profession is particularly conservative.

Lawyers argue that failing to recognise same-sex marriage violates rights to equality and privacy.

Priscilla Leung led 16 anti-LGBT groups in warning an advert showing two men holding hands would have a ‘chilling effect’.

The supporters rallied in Hong Kong’s Central district on Saturday (25 May), to celebrate Taiwan becoming the first in Asia to legalise same-sex unions.