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A urt se filed by a gay widower highlights Hong Kong’s nservative approach to genr. Cred: Wikimedia Commons/ doctorhoIn Hong Kong, a gay widower takg the ernment to urt over the right to be regnized as his late hband’s spoe is sparkg discsns over the cy’s antiquated approach to genr. We hope the ernment n take actn to implement the anti-discrimatn law and maral law for same-sex marriage and related benefs, so [Li and Ng] and others do not have to take actns personally to fight the whole system, ” said Alv Chng, a gay activist and eelance social worker.

Dpe the veneer of a vibrant gay scene and Hong Kong’s reputatn as a smopolan cy, the cy remas relatively nservative on genr issu, and there is wispread stigma agast the LGBTQ+ muny all spher of muny members are vulnerable to prsn and other mental health issu, which have been exacerbated by the panmic, activists say. ”Although homosexualy has been crimalized for almost three s, nversn therapy is still not formally banned the cy, said Chng, who is a survivor of nversn therapy. Gay Marriage⚭✖ Foreign same-sex marriag regnized onlyCensorship✔ No censorshipChangg Genr✔ Legal, surgery not requiredNon-bary genr regnnUnknownDiscrimatn✖ Illegal some ntextsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsDonatg Blood✖ Banned (1-year ferral)Conversn TherapyUnknown.

Public OpnPublic opn Hong Kong appears to be somewhat divid on LGBTQ+ issu, as evinced by recent Kong Surveys of people aged 18 to 24 support legislatn to protect sexual mori om discrimatn of relig people support legislatn to protect sexual mori om discrimatnHistoryHomosexual activy Hong Kong? Homosexual activy Hong Kong is marriage Hong Kong? Current statSce Sep 25, 2017Banned (1-year ferral) Only banned is gay men.

Hong Kong’s LGBTQ+ muny has seen some solid social progrs recent years: The ernment regnized same-sex partnerships spoal visa applitns, the hight urt led that same-sex upl n apply for spoal benefs and file jot tax returns, and a study nducted last year showed that the majory of Hongkongers support gay marriage.

Of urse there’s still unrcurrents of homophobia, too, as seen the recent furor over a Cathay Pacific ad featurg a gay uple, the whdrawal of 10 LGBT children’s books om the cy’s librari, and the appotment of an anti-gay marriage polician to the cy’s equali watchdog. This was a tricky list to pile, not least bee Hong Kong cema, gay, lbian, and queer characters are often amed stereotypil ways: as the butt of a joke, or as the protagonist’s “gay iend” whose character has a lghable lack of nuance.

For stance, gay men have largely been portrayed as effemate and wimpy, or “mp mp i, ” much of the history of Hong Kong cema. But while recent films pictg LGBTQ+ characters still are far om perfect, there have been some promisg velopments — we’ve had the first mastream film to tackle the topic of transgenrism, portrayals of gay men that go far eper than the trope of “mp mp i, ” and exploratns of the lbian woman’s experience beyond the stereotype of an aggrsive, leather jacket-wearg butch.