The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) people are human rights.
Unfortunately, most of us do not understand what is meant by human rights.
In Hong Kong, attempts have been made to draw a protective baseline to secure the rights of citizens who may feel marginalised and vulnerable, including those from the LGBT community.
In many countries in the West and in the region, people are now discussing allowing same-sex marriage, while in Hong Kong this is not happening.
The rights being denied to LGBT citizens could not be more fundamental - freedom from discrimination and the assurance of equal opportunities. In this regard, why are we not making progress?
Some people, when looking at the issue of human rights, refer to religion, and even those without any religious beliefs tend to look at the issue from a moral perspective.
Human rights appear to them as a self-evident concept that requires little reasoning, and they often conclude by surmising that these rights, when infringed, would induce a sense of grievance to be shared by the majority in the society.