HONG KONG (AP) — Scores of athletes celebrated the opening of the Gay Games in Hong Kong on Saturday despite opposition from anti-LGBTQ lawmakers, marking the first time the international sporting…
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Supporters celebrate opening of Gay Games in Hong Kong, first in Asia, despite lawmakers’ opposition
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Hong Kong is co-hosting the Gay Games. But it faces a backlash from the city’s conservative political elites | News Channel 3-12
HONG KONG (AP) — Football enthusiast Gina Benjamin is not just training for victory in the upcoming Gay Games in Hong Kong, but she’s also on a mission to help push for legal reform for same-sex marriage.
Set to begin on Friday, the first Gay Games in Asia are fostering hopes for wider LGBTQ inclusion in the regional financial hub, following recent court wins in favor of equality for same-sex couples and transgender people.
The Gay Games will be hosted in Asia for the first time Friday with about 2,400 participants from 45 countries expected to take part in the groundbreaking event.
Hong Kong will be the first Asian country to host the Gay Games, a nine-day athletics event that promotes diversity. While the Chinese city has had recent legal reforms for LGBTQ+ people, the games show that inclusion, even on small-scales, matters.
HONG KONG (AP) — Scores of athletes celebrated the opening of the Gay Games in Hong Kong on Saturday despite opposition from anti-LGBTQ lawmakers, marking the first time the international sporting event to be held in Asia.
HONG KONG (AP) — Scores of athletes celebrated the opening of the Gay Games in Hong Kong on Saturday despite opposition from anti-LGBTQ lawmakers, marking the first time the international sporting…
More than a thousand athletes gathered in a Hong Kong stadium on Saturday to open the Gay Games, the first time the international LGBTQ sporting event has come to Asia.
HONG KONG >> Scores of athletes celebrated the opening of the Gay Games in Hong Kong on Saturday despite opposition from anti-LGBTQ lawmakers, marking the first time the international sporting event to be held in Asia.
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The first Gay Games in Asia has faced a political backlash in co-host city Hong Kong after a group of pro-Beijing lawmakers called on authorities to scrap the event – and even suggested it could breach a sweeping national security law.
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The first Gay Games in Asia has faced a political backlash in co-host city Hong Kong after a group of conservative lawmakers called on authorities to scrap the event – and even suggested it could breach a sweeping national security law.
The first Gay Games in Asia has faced a political backlash in co-host city Hong Kong after a group of conservative lawmakers called on authorities to scrap the event – and even suggested it could breach a sweeping national security law.
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