In Hong Kong, a gay datg show aims to break down LGBT+ barriers | Rters

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• TVB TO AIR HONG KONG'S FIRST GAY DATG SHOW
• IN HONG KONG, A GAY DATG SHOW AIMS TO BREAK DOWN LGBT+ BARRIERS
• HONG KONG PUTS UK TO SHAME WH ‘EXTRAORDARY’ NEW GAY DATG SHOW

TVB TO AIR HONG KONG'S FIRST GAY DATG SHOW

Hong Kong is gettg s first-ever gay datg TV show! Boystn is the creatn of out gay actor, host, and bs executive Vci Wong, who also serv as the host and producer of the new show.

Wong is also the executive director of Wong's Kong Kg Internatnal, a billn-dollar vtment holdg pany started by his was quoted an Oriental Daily News terview sayg that he unrstands a datg show featurg gay men might not be well-received by more culturally nservative elements of Hong Kong society, but he feels the show mak an important statement. "I want to portray the thkg of the gay men and what society thks of them, " Vci Wong, the show’s producer, told the outlet. How do they face their own gay inty wh the fay, at work or wh iends, and the Che society?

IN HONG KONG, A GAY DATG SHOW AIMS TO BREAK DOWN LGBT+ BARRIERS

“I hope after watchg, they n realize this is the realy, the young gay men are livg the same cy as , so we should be more acceptg, ” Wong of the participants, Louis Ng, 26, told TRF that the show helped his relatnship wh this father. "He said that though Boystn is advertised as a datg show, also shows the gay men gog about their everyday liv. Plenty of time for the seri to make roads that will help pave the way for a iendly wele to the queer athlet arrivg the cy for GayGam 11 Hong Kong 2023.

HONG KONG - In a tone for Hong Kong televisn history, TVB will be airg s first gay datg show early November. Wong, who me out 2013 and married his boyiend of seven years 2016, said the ia for the show has been his md as he wanted to speak up for the LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr) muny.

(Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Part LGBT+ datg show, part documentary, a realy televisn seri soon to air Hong Kong will give a rare portrayal of the plexi of beg gay Che society, s producer Vci Wong, 51, will also be prentg the “Boystn” show, which he said would follow 10 men aged their 20s and 30s who are all om different backgrounds but “really proud of beg gay”. “I want to portray the thkg of the gay men and what society thks of them, ” Wong told the Thomson Rters Foundatn by phone om Hong Kong, a former Brish lony that was returned to Che le 1997. ”Homosexualy was crimalised Hong Kong 1991 and the age of nsent equalised 2006, but LGBT+ rights are still ntted the cy of more than 7 ln, which is signated a special admistrative regn of marriage and civil unns rema unregnised, though public attus towards homosexualy are generally seen as more progrsive Hong Kong than maland, who me out as gay 2013 and married his partner 2016 - makg him one of few openly LGBT+ public figur Hong Kong, said he hoped the show would help change tradnal attus about sexualy.

HONG KONG PUTS UK TO SHAME WH ‘EXTRAORDARY’ NEW GAY DATG SHOW

“I hope after watchg, they n realise this is the realy, the young gay men are livg the same cy as , so we should be more acceptg, ” he said of the seri, which will be broadst on Hong Kong’s TVB televisn Ng, one of the 10 participants, said takg part the programme had helped to improve his relatnship wh his father, who he me out to shortly before filmg. ”While billed maly as a datg show, Ng said “Boystn” also picts gay Hong Kongers gog about their daily liv, cludg workg, playg sports and spendg time wh their fai.

A behd the scen look at Hong Kong’s first gay datg show Boystn posted on the seri’ official Instagram acunt.

Hong Kong is gettg s first-ever gay datg TV show, to be hosted by out actor Vci Wong. Wong me out publicly as gay 2013 and tied the knot wh his longtime partner Kev Chow 2016. Out actor Vci Wong will produce and host Boystn, Hong Kong’s first gay datg TV show.