reader Posted December 27, 2023 Posted December 27, 2023 From National Public Radio Hong Kong's LGBTQ community is cautiously optimistic that the government will legalize same-sex marriage following landmark rulings in favor of granting gay and lesbian couples more rights. Hong Kong's civil liberties have been in decline since China's government imposed a national security law there. That law followed large-scale and sometimes violent anti-government protests in 2019. But the rights of LGBTQ people seem to have been left alone for the most part. And this year, Hong Kong's courts made several key rulings in favor of granting gay and lesbian couples more rights. This is sparking hopes that the city will join a growing number of places in Asia with legalized same-sex marriage. Cindy Sui sent us this report from Hong Kong. Click on link to 5-minute podcast: https://www.npr.org/2023/12/26/1221725599/recent-rulings-have-sparked-hopes-that-hong-kong-will-soon-legalize-same-sex-mar numerito and Tomtravel 2 Quote
