Hong Kong transgender protesters say government is not abiding by landmark ruling

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A group of Hong Kong transgender people staged a small protest against a delay by authorities in changing the gender indicated on their identity documents, saying they have yet to be fully recognized despite a landmark court ruling in February. | Reuters

But Henry Tse, the founder of the group Transgender Equality Hong Kong, who was involved in the protest, said he was still waiting for his identity card to be formally changed to show he is a man.

Another protester, Emery Fung, 28, who has a gender marker change application pending, said he had not been given a timeline despite trying to ask the authorities numerous times.The Immigration Department told Reuters it was studying the judgement carefully and would aim to finish a policy review “in a reasonable time”, without giving specifics.

According to a study conducted by the Sexualities Research Program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Transgender Resource Center in 2019-20, half of the city’s transgender people faced discrimination and 76.9% of respondents said they had contemplated suicide.

 

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