Hong Kong went to the polls on Sept 7 to elect its fourth Legislative Council since the handover. Fridae's Hong Kong correspondent Nigel Collett finds that the political climate may warm - if only slightly - for the LGBT community and highlights the issues that are being watched by LGBT groups in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong's Tongzhi Community Joint Meeting, the coalition representing all Hong Kong's LGBT groups, has come back to life after a several year hiatus. Nigel Collett finds out the changes that has taken place and what's next for the coalition.
What is it that the LGBT community in Hong Kong seeks and how may it achieve it? The Centre for Comparative and Public Law at the University of Hong Kong hosted a forum with the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Saturday 26 April and flew in an impressive panel of eminent jurists to discuss these basic questions. Nigel Collett reports on the session.
Instead of a march which has been traditionally held since 2005 to commemorate International Day Against Homophobia, a group of mostly straight students marched under the banner 'Straights for Homos' last Saturday while IDAHO organisers held a rally in Causeway Bay on Sunday.
Following the Broadcasting Authority's ruling that a programme discussing same-sex marriage is "biased towards homosexuality" and that future programmes may be required to include anti-gay views, Joseph Cho who appeared in the programme has sought a judicial review of the matter. Civil Rights for Sexual Diversities' Nigel Collett highlights the implications of the outcome of the case.
It has been highlighted that HIV infections among MSM in Hong Kong are those which concern health experts the most. Guest columnist Nigel Collett urges the community to act without delay in response to recent statistics which showed a sharp rise in new HIV infections among MSM in the territory.
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