LGBT Rights Hong Kong: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more.
Contents:
- GAY MARRIAGE WOULD BE MORE AT HOME AMONG HONG KONG’S TRADNS THAN URT SUGGTS
- GAY MARRIAGE HONG KONG: MAJORY OF PEOPLE SUPPORT LEGALIZATN
GAY MARRIAGE WOULD BE MORE AT HOME AMONG HONG KONG’S TRADNS THAN URT SUGGTS
Universy of Hong Kong poll fds 50 per cent of rponnts back right of gay upl to wed, while new poll highlights changg attus towards LGBT muny cy. * gay marriage in hong *
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.
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. In 2015 a gay Brish expatriate known urt as QT challenged the law after she was nied a pennt’s visa after her spoe SS had taken up a job Hong Kong unr a work visa. In June 2019 the cy’s top urt once aga set a precent, lg favour of Ang Lng, a gay immigratn officer who challenged the urts after his spoe was nied spoal benefs, cludg medil re and jot tax asssment, which are available to heterosexual upl.
Some lawmakers said on Wednday the ernment should not help the aniser of Gay Gam Hong Kong (GGHK) securg venu. 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.
GAY MARRIAGE HONG KONG: MAJORY OF PEOPLE SUPPORT LEGALIZATN
Good work, and keep gog, Hong Kong. A majory of people now support legalizg gay marriage, acrdg to a new Hong Kong Universy study. Rearchers asked over 1,400 people about their attus toward same-sex upl 2017, and pared the rults to a siar survey they did 2013. They found that overall, support… * gay marriage in hong *
” 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.