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Editor’s Note:
Disco Disco owner, Gordon Huthart, cancelled a drag queen event, which he claimed to be for charity, due to police pressure. He denied that the venue was a gay disco.
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Five British navy officers were attacked outside Disco Disco, resulting in a police raid.
Title: Christians Form First Concern Group for Homosexuals
Author: Fanny Wong
Press: South China Morning Post
Date: Jan 17, 1989
THREE local Christians have formed what is believed to be the first homosexual concern group to lobby for the decriminalisation of homosexual acts as the Executive Council prepares to discuss the controversial topic.
Spearheading the effort to set up the Association for the Welfare of Gays and Lesbians is Sha Tin District Board member the Reverend Fung Chi-wood, an active member among Hongkong liberals calling for more democracy in the territory. Continue reading
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Editor’s Remark:
This report is based on a radio interview on the RTHK with lesbian and gay activists from the Ten Percent Club.
Title: Violence Grows Against Homosexual Community
Author: Martin Freeman
Press: Hong Kong Standard
Date: Jul 25, 1992
Violence grows against homosexual community
Higher profile triggers hate
HONGKONG’S homosexual community is gearing up for a surge of violence.
Pressure on the community has intensified despite the decriminalisation of homosexuality, a support group said. Continue reading
Title: Legislators Must Lead Opinion on Law Reform (Editorial)
Press: South China Morning Post
Date: Jul 11, 1990
LEGISLATORS are expected this afternoon to support the repeal of the law that makes homosexuality a crime, but not without considerable reservation, because the majority of the public does not share their view. An opinion poll carried out for the South China Morning Post and published today, shows that only 37 per cent believe that the law should not intrude on the sexual preference of consenting adults. Only among younger respondents is there clear support for decriminalising homosexuality. Continue reading
Title: Public Divided Over Adult Homosexuality
Author: Bernard Fong
Press: South China Morning Post
Date: Jul 11, 1990
By BERNARD FONG
THE public is divided on whether homosexuality between consenting adults should be a punishable offence, an issue which will be debated this afternoon by the Legislative Council.
The debate comes 10 years after the Legal Department began exploring the repeal of Article 49 in the Offences Against the Person Ordinance and seven years after the Law Reform Commission Report suggested its abolition.
An opinion survey by the independent polister, Asian Commercial Research (ACR), sponsored by the South China Morning Post, indicated that just over half of the 623 respondents believed homosexual acts in private between consenting adults should be proscribed by law.
Thirty-seven per cent felt homosexuality was a private choice and should not be regarded as a criminal offence. Continue reading
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Editor’s Remark:
The article refers to 97 Tongzhi Forum organised by Samshasha.
Pink Alliance (Tongzhi Community Joint Meeting)
粉紅同盟 (同志社區聯席會議)
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