Opn | Gay marriage would be more at home among Hong Kong’s tradns than urt suggts | South Cha Morng Post

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• GAY OFFICIAL WS COURT BATTLE FOR SPOAL BENEFS HONG KONG

GAY OFFICIAL WS COURT BATTLE FOR SPOAL BENEFS HONG KONG

Grantg marriage rights to gay upl means better health and stabily for them and their children, benefs society and boosts the enomy. 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. 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. It is 2020 and we should not be biased agast gay people.

We should not discrimate agast gay people, but that don’t mean that we n allow them to society or make act agast mon Wong, 15, Chiu Lut S Memorial Sendary SchoolHow to talk to someone wh different polil views whout gettg nastyScience has proved that homosexualy is a normal and natural variatn human behavur. Sadly, homosexualy is still not as openly accepted Hong Kong as is Wtern untri.

It is hard for a Che society to accept homosexualy, but the most outspoken voic agast same-sex marriage e om a Catholic, I unrstand the importance of upholdg certa tradns and valu.

Gay upl, too, should have the same Y, 15, St Pl’s Convent SchoolIt should fely be legal. Gay rights should be rpected, but marriage is nsired to be holy and servg rpect, pecially bee has a nnectn wh God.

Although gay people should have equal rights as everyone else, same-sex marriage should not be legal.

Neverthels, is ccial to be aware of the fact that such legislatn volv a lot more than jt the uple or their addn to discrimatn and cricism om society, gay marriage fac several social welfare issu.

“The urt regnized the sential humany, digny and equaly of lbian and gay members of our muny, ” wrote Vidler & Co, a law firm volved the ligatn, “and reaffirmed Hong Kong’s re prciple, as enshred the Basic Law, of equal treatment for all unr the law.

India crimalized gay sex earlier this month. “The ernment should not drag s feet reviewg other social polici, ” openly gay legislator Raymond Chan Chi-chuen told the South Cha Morng Post. While will now bee easier for lbian mothers to apply for parental rights, practil difficulti may rema for gay fathers sce mercial surrogacy is illegal.