Meet the Men of Hong Kong's First Gay Datg Show

Contents:

• CROWDS FLOCK TO HONG KONG FOR 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF CANTO-POP STAR AND GAY IN LLIE CHNG’S ATH
• THE 5 BEST HONG KONG GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS HONG KONG
• HONG KONG GAY SNAS

CROWDS FLOCK TO HONG KONG FOR 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF CANTO-POP STAR AND GAY IN LLIE CHNG’S ATH

Some LGBTQ activists Hong Kong have lled for the Gay Gam to be ncelled.

Hong Kong is safe to vis, Gay Gam team tells foreigners worryg about natnal secury law.

Fans of late Canto-pop in Llie Chng, one of the first sgers to e out as gay Hong Kong, flocked to the cy this week to memorate their idol’s ath 20 years ago — revisg his legacy of pneerg work ma durg a socially nservative time. Chng also broke through the cy’s cultural stat quo by boldly revealg his gay relatnship a nservative lol society at that time— a cisn that uld have ed his reer but has earned him a lot of rpect om the gay muny, Fung said.

THE 5 BEST HONG KONG GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS HONG KONG

A fun gay crowd (mostly men) but a very warm receptn.

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.

HONG KONG GAY SNAS

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. Sensg that Sam and Rose are not happy together, Wg cis to make her missn to rencile the two lovers, but the procs fds fds herself fallg love wh Sam, and Sam likewise fallg love wh Wg — which leads him to qutn whether he is actually gay. Sam begs to worry that the whole world will thk he’s gay after Wg lets slip “I love you, Sam” at an awards ceremony, so a bid to ward off spicns about Sam’s sexualy, Wg asks Fan to pretend to be her lover, but Wg soon fds herself fallg for the charismatic star.

While not entirely perfect s portrayal of issu relatg to transgenrism, cross-drsg, and homosexualy, ’s fely a groundbreakg and necsary film that ’s the first film about transgenr issu to enter mastream cema Hong Kong. This betifully-shot die g-out film als wh issu of social nformy, prsn, and ternalized homophobia.

Prr to makg Soundls Wd Chime, K Hung ma his name the die film circu wh his short romance film I Am Not What You Want, which has been scribed as signifint Hong Kong’s queer culture for challengg the cy’s stereotyp about gay men.