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The Standard
7 days ago
- The Standard
High Court backs transgender person's right to use public toilets that match chosen gender identity
A security guard stands outside of Hong Kong's High Court in Admiralty, Hong Kong Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Kanis Leung)
Toronto Sun
23-07-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
Hong Kong judge rules in favour of transgender bathroom access
Published Jul 23, 2025 • 2 minute read A security guard stands outside of Hong Kong's High Court in Admiralty, Hong Kong Wednesday, July 23, 2025. Photo by Kanis Leung / AP HONG KONG — A Hong Kong judge on Wednesday ruled to strike down regulations criminalizing the use of bathrooms designated for the opposite sex, ruling in favour of transgender individuals' rights to access public toilets matching their identity. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. 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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Judge Russell Coleman approved the judicial review of K, who was born a woman and identifies as a man, saying the regulations contravene an article of the city's mini-constitution that stipulates all residents should be equal before the law. But he suspended the declaration to strike down the regulations for a year to allow the government 'to consider whether it wishes to implement a way to deal with the contravention.' He said in the judgment that the regulations and 'drawing the line of a person's biological sex at birth create a disproportionate and unnecessary intrusion into the privacy and equality rights.' The ruling marks another step forward in recognizing the rights of LGBTQ+ people in the Chinese financial hub. In recent years, the government has revised policies following activists' wins in legal challenges. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Currently, only children under 5 years old accompanied by an opposite sex adult can enter a public washroom designated for the opposite sex. Those violating the rule face a fine of up to 2,000 Hong Kong dollars (about US$255). K launched a legal challenge in 2022, seeking to expand the exemption to pre-operative transgender people who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria and have a medical need to undergo the process of living in their identified gender. He argued that his constitutional rights were infringed by the prohibition against him using public toilets allocated for men, the court heard. The Environment and Ecology Bureau said in an emailed statement that the government will carefully study the judgment and consult the Department of Justice on the appropriate follow-up action. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Quarks, a group serving transgender youth in Hong Kong, welcomed the ruling, urging officials to take immediate action to rectify what it called long-standing discrimination in the system. 'The ruling is not just an affirmation of transgender rights legally but also a big step forward for Hong Kong's overall human rights development,' it said on Instagram. In 2023, Hong Kong's top court ruled that full sex reassignment surgery should not be a prerequisite for transgender people to have their gender changed on their official identity cards. The next year, the government revised its policy to allow people who have not completed full gender-affirmation surgery to change their genders on ID cards as long as they fulfill certain conditions. The conditions include the removal of breasts for transgender men, the removal of the penis and testes for transgender women, and having undergone continuous hormonal treatment for at least two years before applying. Applicants also have to continue their hormonal treatment and submit blood test reports for random checks upon the government's request. In April, activist Henry Tse, who won the legal battle in 2023 and received his new ID card reflecting his gender change last year, lodged a fresh legal challenge over the new requirements. Canada Sunshine Girls Olympics Columnists Sunshine Girls
The Standard
23-07-2025
- The Standard
Hong Kong judge rules in favor of transgender bathroom access
A security guard stands outside of Hong Kong's High Court in Admiralty, Hong Kong Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Kanis Leung)
CTV News
16-06-2025
- General
- CTV News
Air India flight returns to Hong Kong due to a midair technical issue
An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner performs its demonstration flight during the 50th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, on June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File) HONG KONG — An Air India flight returned to Hong Kong on Monday shortly after takeoff due to a midair technical issue, days after another of the airline's flights crashed and killed at least 270 people. Air India said in a statement that the New Delhi-bound plane landed in Hong Kong safely and was undergoing checks 'as a matter of abundant precaution.' Airport Authority Hong Kong said in a separate statement that flight AI315 returned to the southern Chinese city's airport around 1 p.m. The plane was a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the same model as the London-bound flight that struck a medical college hostel in a residential area of the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff on Thursday. The crash killed 241 people on board and at least 29 on the ground. One passenger survived. The flag carrier of India said alternative arrangements have been made to fly the affected passengers to their destination at the earliest convenience. ___ Roy reported from New Delhi. Associated Press video journalist Alice Fung in Hong Kong contributed to the report. Kanis Leung And Rajesh Roy, The Associated Press
Irish Independent
30-05-2025
- Politics
- Irish Independent
Threat to revoke visas puts Chinese students in US in limbo
Announcement by Rubio affects over 270,000 now in American colleges Fu Ting, Kanis Leung and Huizhong Wu ©Associated Press Today at 21:30 Chinese students studying in the US are scrambling to figure out their futures after secretary of state Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday that some of them would have their visas revoked. The US will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese students, including those studying in 'critical fields' and 'those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party', according to the announcement.
