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The Status Quo
- Geoffrey Yeung
- famous people who came out: Denise Ho, Anthony Wong, Ellen Lu
- Confucian values + Christianity/Evangelicals
- 10-20% of the population are Christian, but strong faction in politics and society
- 1991: homosexuality decriminalized (introduced and abolished by colonial government)
- Hong Kong Bill of Rights after Tiananmen (1989)
- „One country, Two systems„
The Law & Discrimination 14:02
- Legislative Council („LegCo“) of Hong Kong
- recently: increasing support for anti-discrimination law
- 2005: unequal age of consent
- 2013: right of trans people to marry someone of the opposite sex
- „What is a columbarium?“
- 2017: minor recognition of same-sex partners in new columbarium law
- 2009: same-sex cohabiting partners covered by domestic violence law
Legislative Process 24:08
Change through the courts 28:50
- Beijing can issue official interpretations of Hong Kong’s Basic Law
- affirmed: immigration rights for a lesbian couple (2017)
- HK civil servant suing based on same-sex marriage in New Zealand (2017)
- another case (ongoing) on transgender rights, fights requirements to undergo „full surgery“
- „Using the Convention Against Torture to Advance Transgender and Intersex Rights“ (written by Geoffrey)
LGBTQ-Rights in Politics & Society 44:00
Comparison with Taiwan & Mainland China 52:00
- victory in a transgender discrimination lawsuit in Mainland China (2017)
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