University of Hong Kong accused of trying to brainwash campus with unisex, LGBT-friendly toilets

Parental groups dedicated to family values are waging a war against the University of Hong Kong’s new all-gender washrooms tagged with rainbow logos, accusing it of using public money to promote propaganda for sexual minorities.

The university’s first unisex toilets, located on the rooftop of its Main Building at the Centre of Development and Resources for Students, court controversy as the logos show three figures hand in hand in rainbow colours transitioning from a male to a female symbol. The rainbow colours are commonly regarded as the symbol of a mixed LGBT community.

Roger Wong Wai-ming, convenor of the Family School Sexual Orientation Discrimination Ordinance Concern Group, said some parents had already complained to the university about the posting of the rainbow logos, which they said would brainwash everyone on campus with LGBT values.

“Actually we are not against the unisex toilets but we oppose those rainbow logos. We fear that HKU would want to advocate LGBT values, which are against the mainstream values of the Hong Kong community,” he explained.

Wong argued that the use of the rainbow logo blurred the line between the sexes by suggesting the existence of a third sex, thereby challenging mainstream views on gender, morality and sexuality.

“HKU is a government-funded university. We think that it is inappropriate for it to use public money to promote such a controversial concept in our society,” he said, adding that they would step up their campaign against the labelled toilets, including protests and petitions, if HKU refused to remove the logos.

“With HKU setting the precedent, we are really afraid that other schools, including primary and secondary schools, and also government institutions may follow suit by introducing such unisex toilets everywhere and promoting their values. Do we want this to happen?” he asked.