Lgbt Culture

Canadian director falls into the gender trap

27 Jan 2013

After well-received screenings at the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival late last year, French Canadian wunderkind filmmaker Xavier Dolan's Laurence Anyways is set for a commercial release...

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Pink Season 2012 to celebrate gay and transgender rights

11 Sep 2012

The summer may be ending, but Pink Season is just starting, with a two-month stretch of parties, gay pageants and family-friendly events to celebrate gay and transgender rights for tourists and...

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Workers let go of LGBT taboo

4 Aug 2012

Sexual orientation and gender identity have long been regarded as sensitive subjects in Hong Kong. The attitudes towards, and experiences of, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)...

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'Pink' app steers big spenders in right direction

20 May 2012

Help is at hand for members of the gay community who feel discriminated against when shopping or socialising.

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Why be Happy When You Could be Normal?

1 Jan 2012

Why be Happy When You Could be Normal?
by Jeanette Winterson
Knopf Canada (e-book)

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Parade of pride not prejudice

13 Nov 2011

Hennessy Road in Wan Chai was awash with colour as 2,000 gays, lesbians, transsexuals, cross-dressers, sex workers and their straight friends and families joined the carnival-like...

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Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

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Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Slimmer Gay Pride parade set to go ahead

The Hong Kong Pride Parade will take to the streets on Saturday after a two-year hiatus, even though organisers have raised just a few thousand dollars of the HK$150,000 needed to stage the event...

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Credit where it's due

It is perhaps the most commonly asked question among students returning to school: 'What did you do this summer?' Some will talk about their travels, others will reminisce about spending time with...

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'Pink pride' parade returns with bigger ambitions

Called off last year due to a lack of funding, the Hong Kong Pride Parade will return in November and promises a bigger turnout than before, organisers say.

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Peninsula moves the furniture to celebrate a more genteel Hong Kong

For its 80th anniversary, the Peninsula Hotel is bringing back some of its traditions.

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Through the years

With the age of consent between gay adults now standing effectively at 16 - the same as in Britain, the Netherlands and most states in the US where homosexuality is legal - Hong Kong might seem...

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Pride and prejudice

When Ellen DeGeneres came out of the closet 10 years ago - an announcement that made the cover of Time, with her picture accompanied by the headline, 'Yep, I'm gay' - many predicted a swift end...

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