In a untry that rarely acknowledg homosexualy, let alone celebrat , Hong Kong's first gay-pri para was downright revolutnary
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A GAY-PRI REVOLUTN HONG KONG
HONG KONG (AFP) - Police have downgrad Hong Kong's annual gay pri para to a statnary rally, anisers said Thursday (Nov 14), after police banned the tradnally boistero and lourful march through the terrory as pro-mocracy protts engulf the cy. Read more at * gay parade hk *
Inti, like whether you are gay or straight, prented var forms of sexual/ genr the eye of ac, sex and love are not necsarily bound. Some LGBTQ activists Hong Kong have lled for the Gay Gam to be ncelled.
Hong Kong is safe to vis, Gay Gam team tells foreigners worryg about natnal secury law. HONG KONG (AFP) - Police have downgrad Hong Kong's annual gay pri para to a statnary rally, anisers said on Thursday (Nov 14), after police banned the tradnally boistero and lourful march through the terrory as pro-mocracy protts engulf the cy. The event has prevly been held a rnival-like atmosphere wh members of the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny and supporters paradg through the cy centre.
We’ve got one productn particular on our radar: We are Gay, by playwright Candace Chong, is a “spenseful tale of nflictg valu between two generatns of gay men, ” explorg their liv and relatnships Hong Kong. Last year’s celebratns clud clive sports class to DJ dance parti to “Staygaytn” offers, so watch this space for updat.
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Image by the Hong Kong Lbian & Gay Film Ftival.
Hong Kong Lbian and Gay Film Ftival | September. One of our favoure LGBT+ events Hong Kong, the HK Lbian and Gay Film Ftival (HKLGFF), is slated to return September 2022 wh a selectn of the newt LGBT+ cematic productns om Asia and across the world. ”Diplomats om at least seven nsulat also me to show support as openly gay figur cludg lawmaker Raymond Chan Chi-chuen were also prent at the rally.
Hong Kong’s lourful annual gay pri para took on an overtly polil tge yterday as Occupy moved , boostg numbers, addg umbrellas as well as a dose of ntroversy to the tradnally diverse pageant. * gay parade hk *
Ted Aljibe / AFP / GettyGay-rights activists form a human cha around a rabow flag Hong Kong.
But Hong Kong's first official gay-pri para Saturday was still a lorful gatherg; fact, for a untry that rarely acknowledg homosexualy, let alone celebrat , was downright revolutnary. Although Hong Kong has held several small monstratns agast homophobia, this was the first para solely dited to celebratg queer inty. It reprented progrs for Cha's gay muny, markg the first large-sle event of s kd any major Che cy (only Taipei has hosted siar events).
"I never thought I would see this Hong Kong, " said Kev Li, a salman who neverthels believ the younger generatn is ls homophobic than the olr one. Yet was Victorian lonial laws, not nservative Che attus, which first crimalized homosexualy.