Hong Kong man mounts legal challenge against laws on gay sex, calling them discriminatory and unconstitutional
Bid contests seven sections under Crimes Ordinance on sexual activities involving male homosexuals
A gay man on Tuesday mounted a legal challenge to repeal Hong Kong laws that criminalise sexual activities involving gay men, saying they were discriminatory and unconstitutional.
The seven contested sections under the Crimes Ordinance covered homosexual buggery, gross indecency by man and the conduct of procuring young person to resort to, or be on premise or vessel, for intercourse, prostitution, buggery or homosexual act.
Yeung Chu-wing, a volunteer from local sexual minorities rights group Rainbow Action, argued that such laws were discriminatory since they targeted only gay men without providing equivalent criminal sanctions against heterosexuals or lesbians for the same or comparable conduct.
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“The existence of discriminatory provisions against homosexuals in the Crimes Ordinance has the effect of stigmatising homosexuals in Hong Kong and reinforcing public prejudice against homosexuals,” the application for leave to apply for judicial review said.
