Hong Kong should adopt an international declaration to protect sexual practices of minorities, including homosexuals, transsexuals and polygamous families, leading sexologists said yesterday.
The Declaration of Sexual Rights, outlining rights to freedom, autonomy, privacy, equity and pleasure of sex, was endorsed by the World Association of Sexology in its 14th world congress, held in Hong Kong, the first on Chinese soil.
Speaking at the end of the five-day conference attended by 600 participants from around 50 countries, association president Professor Eli Coleman said the declaration was important in defining sexual rights.
'Sexual rights are basic human rights, they should also be enacted in health policies,' he said.
Professor Coleman said the association had planned to ask countries to report their sex rights situation every two years.
The association, which states 'good sex is important to the quality of life', will also promote the declaration to the United Nations.