26 Jun 2024Yahoo#3733
同志驕傲月｜婚策公司招募 10 對性小眾情侶 贊助辦婚禮 由美國監禮人視像證婚
June is Pride Month each year. A wedding planning company is collaborating with a Hong Kong hotel and organisations to sponsor weddings for 10 couples of different sexual orientations or transgender couples. Hong Kong and US marriage celebrants will be connected live for a mass marriage registration ceremony and weddings on June 25. The organisers said the event aims to raise public awareness of and support for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. The selected couples need only pay a symbolic fee of HK$2 to receive a legally valid overseas marriage registration service. The organisers said that if more than 10 couples apply, priority will be given to older couples and people with financial needs, in the hope that everyone, regardless of wealth or age, can enjoy the protection of marriage.
每年 6 月為同志驕傲月 Pride Month，有婚禮策劃公司與本港酒店及機構合作，贊助 10 對不同性傾向或跨性別情侶，在香港與美國婚姻監禮人實時連線，在 6 月 25 日進行集體婚姻登記及舉行婚禮。主辦方指，是次活動希望喚起社會大眾對 LGBTQ+ 社群權益的關注和支持，獲選中的情侶只需支付港幣 2 元的象徵式收費，便可獲得海外合法婚姻登記服務。主辦方表示，如超過 10 對情侶報名，將會優先考慮較年長的情侶、有經濟需要的人士，以實現不論貧富、不論年紀，均能受婚姻所保障。
16 Jun 2024獨媒#3697
逸東酒店「同志驕傲月」辦多項活動 文化總監：價值正確、不太理會反對聲音
June is International Pride Month. This year, Hong Kong’s Eaton Hotel is organising more than 30 events under the theme “Eclpsed Bodles, Embraced Pride”, including conferences, parties, workshops, exhibitions, weddings, rainbow cocktails and hotel stay experiences.
六月是國際同志驕傲月（Pride Month），香港逸東酒店今年以「擁抱圓缺 Eclpsed Bodles, Embraced Pride」 為主題舉辦30多項活動，包括會議、派對、工作坊、展覽、婚禮、彩虹雞尾酒和佳宿體驗等。
29 May 2024Yahoo#3592
終院要求確立同性關係框架 政府：正研究如何防濫用 團體：憂措施構歧視促展諮詢
The Court of Final Appeal ruled last year in Jimmy Sham’s same-sex marriage case that the Hong Kong government must establish an alternative framework for recognising same-sex partner relationships within two years from October 27 last year. More than six months later, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang said today that the issue was complex and that the government was conducting studies in accordance with the court’s judgment and timetable, including the eligibility threshold for recognition and ways to prevent abuse. Sexual minority groups expressed concern that the government had still not provided a legislative timetable and feared that measures to “prevent abuse” could effectively constitute discrimination.
終審法院去年就岑子杰同婚案作出裁決，要求港府在去年 10 月 27 日起計兩年內，確立同性伴侶關係替代框架。事隔逾半年，政制及內地事務局局長曾國衞今日稱有關議題複雜，正按法庭的判決及時間表進行研究，包括是承認門檻、如何防止濫用等。有性小眾團體對政府仍未交代立法時間表感到憂慮，亦擔心「防止濫用」措施會變相構成歧視。
20 Mar 2024獨媒#3214
內地跨性別平權人士在港被捕及判囚 關注組：已被入境處遣返
Mainland transgender rights activist Lai Ho (Yap Yin) was arrested last year while transiting in Hong Kong to Canada and sentenced to 15 months in prison for three immigration offences. Lai Ho was originally due to be released on 2 March, but family members were informed last month that Lai Ho would be transferred to Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre for indefinite detention. The Lai Ho (Yap Yin) Global Concern Group told inmediahk.net today that Lai Ho was released from Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre on the morning of 2 March but was immediately deported by the Immigration Department.
內地跨性別平權倡議人士賴可，去年在港轉機到加拿大期間被捕，因三項出入境罪被判監15個月。賴可原本可在3月2日獲釋，惟其家人上月被通知賴可將於當日轉到青山灣入境事務中心無限期關押。「賴可（翕然）全球關注組」今日向《獨媒》表示，賴可已在3月2日早上在小欖精神病治療中心獲釋後，但即時被入境處遣返。
18 Mar 2024法庭線#3202
跨男申改身份證性別終極勝訴逾年 再提覆核質疑入境處拖延處理
The transgender man Tse Henry Edward, who transitioned from female to male, was refused approval by the Immigration Department to change the gender on his Hong Kong identity card because he had not completed the entire gender reassignment surgery. He sought a judicial review and won a final victory in February last year, when the Court of Final Appeal overturned the requirement that the entire gender reassignment surgery be completed. Tse Henry Edward filed a judicial review at the High Court last Friday (the 14th), alleging that, more than a year later, the Registration of Persons Office of the Immigration Department was still continuing to suspend the change to the gender on his identity card. He said the office had repeatedly explained only that it would “complete its review of the existing policy within a reasonable time” before processing his application.
Tse asked the court to declare that the department’s decision was unreasonable, unlawful and discriminatory, and infringed his human rights, and to order the department to approve the change to the gender on his identity card. Tse also sought compensation for the emotional loss arising from the impairment of his rights over the nearly eight years from his first application to change his identity card in 2016 to the present, and invited the court to assess the amount of compensation.
由女變男的跨性別人士謝浩霖，因未完成整個性別重置手術，不獲入境處批准更改身份證性別。他提出司法覆核，在去年 2 月獲終極勝訴，終審法院推翻須完成整個性別重置手術的規定。謝浩霖在上周五（14 日）入稟高等法院提司法覆核，指入境處人事登記處事隔逾一年，仍繼續暫緩更改身份證性別，僅多番解釋「會在合理時間內完成檢視現行政策」後，再處理其申請。
謝要求法庭宣告處方的決定不合理、不合法、有歧視性質、侵害他的人權，以及下令處方必須批准他更改身份證性別；謝另要求處方賠償，由他在 2016 年首次申請更改身份證申請，至今近 8 年，令他權利受損所帶來的情感損失，並邀請法庭評定賠償金額。
10 Dec 2023獨媒#2632
Pink Dot與區選撞期 警方以「警力不足」要求提早完結
After a five-year gap, Hong Kong’s major LGBTQ carnival, “Pink Dot HK – A Point of Pink”, returned outdoors today. Event representative Siu Fai (Prof) Leung said police, citing insufficient manpower, requested two days before the event that it end early. They also asked the organisers to inspect participants’ bags and prohibit alcohol from being brought in, while no more than 3,500 people could be inside the venue: “On election day, [police manpower] is spread very thinly across the districts. They are worried there won’t be enough police manpower and that disorderly incidents could occur.”
相隔 5 年，香港大型同志嘉年華「Pink Dot HK 一點粉紅」今日重返户外舉行。大會代表梁兆輝透露，警方在活動舉行前兩日以警力不足為由，要求活動提早完結，又要求主辦方檢查參與者袋，不准帶酒精飲品入場，場內亦不可多於3,500人：「選舉日（警力）喺各區分到好散，佢哋驚唔夠警力，會有紛亂事件。」
6 Dec 2023獨媒#8777
趙佩玉請願批Pink Dot撞區選：昨日天父緊急call我去阻止
The large-scale LGBT carnival Pink Dot HK – One Pink will be held at the West Kowloon Cultural District on December 10, the same day as voting for the District Council election. Chiu Pui Yuk Joyce, which opposes equal rights, petitioned at the Government Headquarters today (December 6), saying: “Heavenly Father urgently called me yesterday and said I must go and stop this event.” It criticised the event for diverting voters, saying, “Everyone should be encouraged to go and vote, not all go there to promote these depraved things!” It urged the government to stop leasing the West Kowloon Cultural District for the event.
香港大型同志嘉年華「Pink Dot HK 一點粉紅」將在12月10日於西九文化區舉行，同日為區議會選舉投票日。立場為反平權的趙佩玉今日（12月6日）到政總請願，稱昨日「天父緊急call我一定要去阻止呢個活動」，批活動分散投票人流，「應該鼓勵個個都去投票，唔係一齊去佢嗰度推動啲敗壞嘅嘢！」促政府停止租借西九文化區。
18 Nov 2023獨媒#8662
同志遊行連續4年未能舉辦 阿正任彩虹大使：平權需有人發聲
Hong Kong’s LGBTQ+ parade, which has a history of more than 10 years, has not been held for four consecutive years. Organisers said that, as the current social situation remained unclear and it was difficult to guarantee participants’ physical and mental safety, it would be replaced by exhibition activities. This year’s Rainbow Ambassador is Commercial Radio 903 DJ Wong Ching-yi (Ah Jeng). She said she hoped Hong Kong would not need to hold LGBTQ+ parades in future, “because this should become something very ordinary”. She also said that good values and equal rights require people to speak out. Even if criticised, she would respond with an attitude of “what’s it got to do with you?”, saying: “You wouldn’t let other people questioning you shake what you believe in.”
有逾十年歷史的香港同志遊行連續4年未能舉辦。主辦方解釋，目前社會情況仍不太明朗，難以擔保參與者身心安全為由，故改以展覽活動取代。今年的彩虹大使是叱咤903 DJ 黃正宜（阿正），她說希望香港未來不需再舉辦同志遊行，「因為呢事應該會變成好日常」，又指好的價值觀和平權是需要有人發聲，即使有人批評她，亦會抱「關你咩事」心態應對：「唔會因為有人質疑你，去動搖自己信嘅嘢㗎嘛」。
14 Nov 2023法庭線#8646
遺產條例排除同志配偶被裁違憲 政府申上訴至終院
Three years ago, gay man Wu Hon-lam died by suicide after suffering from depression. Before his death, he was concerned that if he died suddenly without making a will, his husband would be unable to inherit his property under the Intestates’ Estates Ordinance. He earlier filed a judicial review and won. The government appealed, but its appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeal at the end of last month. On Tuesday (14th), the government applied to the Court of Appeal for leave to appeal the judgment to the Court of Final Appeal.
Yik Ho Li, who took over the legal proceedings from his late husband, issued a statement through his lawyer after the ruling last month, saying: “My husband’s death left me devastated, yet the government has repeatedly denied our marital relationship in court and treated the two of us as strangers. For a family member who is still mourning, this is like rubbing salt into the wound.” He said Wu Hon-lam had initially brought the judicial review to protect him, so that he would not be left without a home if he lost his closest family member. For him now, “what is more important is to reclaim the basic respect that should exist between people” for his husband. He hoped the government would respect the court’s ruling and restore the dignity his late husband deserved.
3 年前受抑鬱困擾自殺離世的男同志吳翰林，生前因擔心在無立遺囑下突然離世，丈夫便無法按《無遺囑者遺產條例》繼承其財產，早前提出司法覆核獲判勝訴，政府不服提出上訴，上月底被上訴庭駁回。政府不服上訴庭判決，周二（14 日）向上訴庭申請許可，上訴至終審法院。
接替亡夫繼續法律程序的李亦豪，上月底在裁決後透過律師發聲明指，「丈夫的離世讓我悲痛不已，政府卻在法院一而再、 再而三否定我們的婚姻關係、視我倆的關係為陌路人。對於仍在哀悼的家屬來說，這如同在傷口上灑鹽。」他提到，當初吳翰林是為了保護他而提出覆核，免得他一旦失去至親，要流離失所。如今對他來說，「更重要的是為丈夫拾回一份人與人之間應有的基本尊重」，盼政府尊重法庭裁決，還亡夫應有尊嚴。
3 Nov 2023獨媒#8597
同樂運動會遭批違國安 主辦方：非政治組織亦無政治目的
The Gay Games opened in Hong Kong today (the 3rd), making it the first Asian city to successfully bid to host the event. Legislative Council member Junius Ho questioned the event on the 1st, saying it was “in violation of national security” and calling on the government to ban it. Gay Games co-chair Lam Man-wai reiterated in a radio interview this morning that the event had always promoted “unity in diversity” and sought to eliminate discrimination, without advocating the values of same-sex marriage or same-sex equality. She stressed that its funding sources were transparent, saying, “We have never been a political organisation, nor do we have any political objective,” and that it only hoped to show the world Hong Kong’s vibrant side through the Games.
同樂運動會今日（3日）在港開鑼，是首個亞洲城市成功申辦，但遭立法會議員何君堯前日（1日）質疑活動「有違國安」，要求政府取締。同樂運動會聯合主席林敏蕙今早在電台訪問中，重申活動由始至於都是提倡「多元中的團結」，希望消磨歧視，沒有宣揚任何同性婚姻或同性平權的價值。她強調資金來源透明，「我哋由始至終都唔係一個政治組織，我哋亦冇任何政治目的」，只希望透過運動會讓世界見到香港有活力一面。
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