THE 5 BEST Hong Kong Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023)

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.

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

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.

HONG KONG GAY SNAS

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.