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| Region | Hong Kong |
| Issue | Gender-affirming care |
| Status | Legal, but restricted for minors |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Hong Kong provides gender affirming healthcare for adults but minors are only able to access it privately, which is usually very burdensome and expensive. |
| Sources | http://www.tehk.org.hk/healthcare.html https://www.laujessie.com/writing/the-world-has-become-bigger-fighting-for-trans-rights-in-hong-kong https://hongkongfp.com/2022/06/19/why-hong-kongs-underage-trans-teens-want-age-limits-for-the-citys-gender-clinic-scrapped/ |
Revision History (2)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Fixing status; answering reports.
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| Value | Legal, but banned for minors | Legal, but restricted for minors |
| Start Date | 2016 | (unknown) |
| Description | Since 2016, Hong Kong provides gender affirming healthcare for adults but minors are unable to access it. | Hong Kong provides gender affirming healthcare for adults but minors are only able to access it privately, which is usually very burdensome and expensive. |
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| Sources | http://www.tehk.org.hk/healthcare.html https://hongkongfp.com/2022/06/19/why-hong-kongs-underage-trans-teens-want-age-limits-for-the-citys-gender-clinic-scrapped/ | http://www.tehk.org.hk/healthcare.html https://www.laujessie.com/writing/the-world-has-become-bigger-fighting-for-trans-rights-in-hong-kong https://hongkongfp.com/2022/06/19/why-hong-kongs-underage-trans-teens-want-age-limits-for-the-citys-gender-clinic-scrapped/ |
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created by DaisyGeekyTrans
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Legal, but banned for minors |
| Start Date | 2016 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Since 2016, Hong Kong provides gender affirming healthcare for adults but minors are unable to access it. |
| Sources | http://www.tehk.org.hk/healthcare.html https://hongkongfp.com/2022/06/19/why-hong-kongs-underage-trans-teens-want-age-limits-for-the-citys-gender-clinic-scrapped/ |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "https://www.laujessie.com/writing/the-world-has-become-bigger-fighting-for-trans-rights-in-hong-kong#:~:text=It's%20particularly%20difficult%20for%20those%20under%20the,with%20more%20than%20a%20decade%20of%20experience. "It’s particularly difficult for those under the age of 18 to access hormone blockers through this system, even with parental consent. “It’s not that they can’t prescribe it, but they have to go through administrative procedures, which take a very long time,” said Robert Po Yee Loung, a local paediatrician with more than a decade of experience." This source shows how people under 18 can access GAC, but generally only via private care, which is expensive and has long wait times."