Chinese pop star Denise Ho has been arrested in Hong Kong. The Cantopop star was arrested by National Security Police at her home early on Wednesday morning. Ho is one of the few prominent LGBT celebrities in Hong Kong, and is an outspoken advocate for democracy and Hong Kong’s independence from Chinese government influence. She […]
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30 Dec 2021 /
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Organisers of the Gay Games have announced they’re pushing back their next outing until November 2023. The next edition of the games was due to be in Hong Kong at the end of 2022, but it’ll now be a year later. Dennis Philipse, co-chair of Gay Games Hong Kong, described the decision as critical to […]
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19 Sep 2021 |
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Hong Kong will be the first Asian city to ever host the Gay Games. It was announced today that the 2022 games will be held in the Chinese city. Hong Kong beat Mexico’s Guadalajara and Washington DC to host the 11th edition of the event. The event is expected to attract 15,000 participants to the […]
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31 Oct 2017 |
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An LGBTI rights group in Hong Kong is calling for the government to support a variety of legislative amendments and protections ahead of the Chief Executive election. As a Special Administrative Region of China, Hong Kong is led by a Chief Executive elected by a committee of 1,200 members. This Election Committee is a combination […]
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23 Mar 2017 |
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The local government in Hong Kong has banned the city-state’s British consulate from performing same sex marriages. Last week legislation was passed allowing same sex marriages to take place from June 27th in 23 British consulates around the world in countries where same sex marriage is prohibited. The countries are Australia, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Chile, […]
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9 Jun 2014 |
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Hong Kong is set to debate whether trans* people who have not had surgery should have the same rights as those who have undergone surgery. Last year a court ruling was handed down after a trans* women only known as ‘W’ successfully argued for the right to wed. At the time the judge in the […]
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3 Mar 2014 |
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The most common impression of Hong Kong is that it’s a big bustling city, all skyscrappers, crowded streets, endless neon lights and largely about shopping and business with little focus on arts or culture. That common belief is true, on the surface Hong Kong is all of those things – but venture a little further […]
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7 May 2013 |
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A Hong Kong tycoon is offering $65 million dollars to any male suitor who can woo his daughter out of lesbianism. The flamboyant mogul is promising the hard cash to any man who can incline his same-sex attracted daughter into marriage. Dismissing facts that his daughter married her long term girlfriend in France recently, […]
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27 Sep 2012 |
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