HONG KONG — Hong Kong will be the first Asian city to hold the Gay Games from Friday (Nov 3), co-hosting them with a Mexican city in one of the financial hub's biggest events since Covid-19, despite ban calls from rights activists and lawmakers opposing LGBTQ efforts.
The Chinese-ruled city has no law against discrimination based on sexual orientation and does not recognise same-sex marriage, but its LGBTQ community has scored some legal wins this year.
"Not only have we been able to introduce the games to the region, we have the highest number of participants ever from Asia join the Gay Games in its 41-year history," Alan Lang, the body's co-chair, told a press conference on Thursday. Worries about the national security law Beijing recently clamped on Hong Kong will keep Taiwan's delegation away, however.
Several Hong Kong lawmakers have voiced public opposition to the event, saying it posed threats to national security threats, subverted traditional Chinese family values and followed a "western ideology".
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