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• GAY MARRIAGE HONG KONG: MAJORY OF PEOPLE SUPPORT LEGALIZATN
• HONG KONG'S GAY MARRIAGE OBJECTN
• FORMER TVB ACTOR VCI WONG MARRI LONGTIME BF, FIRST GAY MARRIAGE HK ENTERTAMENT INDTRY
• HONG KONG URT REJECTS GAY MARRIAGE APPEAL
• HONG KONG URT REJECTS GAY MARRIAGE APPEAL
• HONG KONG URT FAVORS GAY UPLE LANDMARK VICTORY FOR LGBT+ RIGHTS
• HONG KONG GAY COUPL W LEGAL VICTORY OVER INHERANCE LAW

GAY MARRIAGE HONG KONG: MAJORY OF PEOPLE SUPPORT LEGALIZATN

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.

HONG KONG'S GAY MARRIAGE OBJECTN

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.

Grantg marriage rights to gay upl means better health and stabily for them and their children, benefs society and boosts the enomy. A majory of people now support legalizg gay marriage, acrdg to a new Hong Kong Universy study. They found that overall, support for gay rights is growg.

FORMER TVB ACTOR VCI WONG MARRI LONGTIME BF, FIRST GAY MARRIAGE HK ENTERTAMENT INDTRY

An overwhelmg majory — 73 percent — of rponnts 2013 supported gay upl havg the same rights for hospal visatn, hog discrimatn, fatal accints and property herance as heterosexual upl.

Conuts HK has ntacted the office of Legislative Councillor Raymond Chan Chi-chuen, Hong Kong’s only openly gay lawmaker, who troduced the motn, for further ment. The study is somewhat of a big al for gay rights Hong Kong, which have taken a h recent weeks. An appeals urt recently affirmed the ernment’s cisn to ny a gay public servant’s requt for spoal benefs.

HONG KONG URT REJECTS GAY MARRIAGE APPEAL

Image source, AFPImage ptn, Sexual discrimatn is not banned Hong KongNews that Hong Kong's ernment has objected to plans to allow same-sex upl to wed at the Brish nsulate the Che cy has angered gay rights Kong's bt-known lbian, Gigi Chao, whose billnaire father famoly offered $100m (£60m) to any man the world who n marry her, said the refal was a "disgrace". "Y, we are disappoted, but the news is not unexpected as this former lony is clearly tent on erng om the pths of nial and sidg wh the populist ochlocracy [mob le] of homophobic groups, " she says she hop the right will be extend, but may not be so simple, legally source, APImage ptn, Gigi Chao ma headl when her father offered $100m to any man who would marry herAfter years of bate, same-sex marriage beme legal England and Wal March. The marriage service is offered only untri where gay marriage is not normally allowed, and n only take place if the host ernment do not object.

"Unfortunately, the Hong Kong ernment has raised an objectn to the solemnisatn of same-sex marriag Hong Kong, " said a spokwoman at the Brish source, AFPImage ptn, Gay marriage is openly accepted Asian societi like JapanImage source, Getty ImagImage ptn, The Pk Dot gay movement first began SgaporeImage source, AFPImage ptn, Gay activists have held paras and protts Hong Kong beforeCountri seen as ls smopolan and progrsive than Hong Kong have allowed the clu the Philipp, Vietnam, Rsia and even maland Cha, whose domtic polici are generally n separately om Hong Kong.

HONG KONG URT REJECTS GAY MARRIAGE APPEAL

"The ntroversy the same week that gay and lbian rights activists like Ms Chao are preparg to lnch the Pk Dot rally Hong mori and their fai and iends have been ved to the public event, featurg ee ncerts by some of the cy's well-known gay and lbian Pk Dot movement actually began 2009 Sgapore, another former Brish lony where UK natnals will not be allowed to marry their same-sex partners. 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. Universy of Hong Kong poll fds 50 per cent of rponnts back right of gay upl to wed, while support on other issu hs nearly 80 per cent Published: 8:00pm, 3 Jul, 2018 Updated: 1:50pm, 30 Jul, 2018 A new study shows that support for the rights of same-sex upl is growg Hong Kong. Vci and Kev’s parents wnsed their marriage, and after the ceremony, the two fai and their iends me together for a dner me out as gay 2013, when he went on the rad show Together as One <自己人> as a gut star.

Homosexualy has been crimalized sce 1991 Hong Kong, a former Brish lony that returned to Che le 1997. The cy has an annual pri para and lively gay do not, however, regnize same-sex marriage and LGBTQ activists voice ncerns about wispread Kong's top urt June led favor of a gay civil servant fightg for spoal and tax benefs for his NBC Out on Twter, Facebook & Instagram.

HONG KONG URT FAVORS GAY UPLE LANDMARK VICTORY FOR LGBT+ RIGHTS

Same-sex marriage is not legal Hong Kong, and gay expatriat who e to the cy to live and work were, until now, unable to obta pennt visas for their partners to jo them. “Although [QT] is a foreigner, she’s not only fightg for the rights of herself, but also the LGBT muny Hong Kong, ” says Raymond Chan, Hong Kong’s only openly gay legislator.

” Compared to other Asian untri like Indonia, where LGBTQ persecutn is fuelg an HIV epimic, or Malaysia where homosexualy is illegal and ‘how to spot a gay’ checklists recently appeared one newspaper, Hong Kong is a relatively safe place for the muny. And now, the ernment is relentg to anti-gay relig groups lobbyg for LGBTQ-themed children’s books to be hidn librari — a move Human Rights Watch has nounced.

While there are some anti-discrimatn laws, there are none for sexual orientatn — meang if an employer wanted to fire someone bee they were gay, they uld. Hong Kongers will be watchg closely at the next se of Ang Lng, a gay civil servant takg the ernment to task for nyg employment benefs to his partner. Seven of Japan’s ci and wards regnize gay relatnships, and Taiwan is on track to bee the first untry Asia to legalize gay marriage.

HONG KONG GAY COUPL W LEGAL VICTORY OVER INHERANCE LAW

Hong Kong, Cha — Hong Kong’s gay muny suffered a h legal setback on Wednday after the Court of Appeal rejected an appeal agast the cy’s long-held nial of same-sex marriage to those who have legally wed overseas.

But Wednday’s lg means any liftg of the current ban on gay marriage will likely need to e via legislatn and not the urts. If same-sex upl married overseas were offered regnn, would “create an herent patibily” between them and the gay upl who nnot legally marry Hong Kong, the judg add. The urts 2004 also clared that an olr age of nsent for male homosexual rints — 21 pared to 16 — was unnstutnal, but the law was only ammend a later.

Polls show growg numbers of Hong Kongers, pecially younger rints, favor gay rights while a growg number of ternatnal bs have backed marriage equaly mpaigns, argug will make easier to attract talent. Many of those advotg for equaly were volved the cy’s now cshed mocracy movement while some proment pro-ernment policians have publicly spoken out agast gay rights.

The only place the regn that has legalized gay marriage so far is Taiwan.

Sgapore’s ernment this week said would repeal a lonial era law crimalisg gay sex. End of Sgapore’s gay sex ban a ‘small step’ for some LGBT upl. 4 ln people is also preparg to host the 2022 Gay month, Taiwan beme the first place Asia to allow same-sex marriage when s legislature approved a bill difyg the legal rights for such upl.