Hong Kong’s top court recently delivered a landmark decision to allow a spousal visa for a British lesbian woman, in what was seen by many in the city as a significant victory for the LGBTQ community. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Hong Kong, and gay expatriates who come to the city to live and work were, until now, unable to obtain dependent visas for their partners to join them. QT, as she is anonymously known in the case, moved to Hong Kong after entering into a civil partnership with her partner, SS, in the U.K.
How A Landmark Ruling Could Pave The Way For Hong Kong To Be ‘the Best In Asia’ On Lgbtq Rights
Casey Quackenbush / Hong Kong, Time: World
Mon, 07/16/2018 - 8:34pm
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