- Homosexuality⚢✔ Legal
- Marriage⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, but requires surgery
- Adoption✖ Single only
- DiscriminationIllegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination✖ No protections
- MilitaryN/A
- Donating Blood✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
- Age of Consent✔ Equal
- Conversion Therapy✔ Banned
By The Numbers
91.8%
of people aged 18 to 24 support legislation to protect sexual minorities from discrimination
48.9%
of religious people support legislation to protect sexual minorities from discrimination
(Equal Opportunities Commission, 2016)
History
Current status
(since 1991)
(since 1991)
Legal
Current status
(since Jun 30, 2017)
(since Jun 30, 2017)
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples. Legalization pending.
Ambiguous
Only in Government Positions. under Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance 1991 it is interpreted to include sexual orientation.
Current status
No protections
There is currently is no legal prohibition of sexual orientation-based employment
discrimination in the private sector.
discrimination in the private sector.
Current status
No protections
Full discrimination protections pending.
Current status
N/A
Hong Kong does not have its own military force.
Current status
Banned (1-year deferral)
Only banned is gay men. Full legalization pending.
Current status
(since 2006)
(since 2006)
Equal
Current status
(since Jan 1, 2014)
(since Jan 1, 2014)
Banned
Banned nationwide.
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