Hong Kong courts rule in same-sex couples’ favor

Hong Kong harbour and skyline
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Hong Kong’s Court of Appeals ruled in favor of two same-sex couples in separate cases involving their rights to own and rent public housing.

Same-sex marriage is not legal in the city. The rulings follow other decisions that have firmly established same-sex couples’ rights to equal treatment under the law.

One case involved a couple who were married in Canada. The city’s housing authority had declined to consider their application to rent an apartment.

The other couple was married in Britain. The housing authority had denied them joint-ownership rights to a government-subsidized apartment.

The government had appealed lower court rulings in the couples’ favor, but the appeals court took the government to task, saying the decisions were…

Read full story, and more, from Source: Hong Kong courts rule in same-sex couples’ favor

Share

About Gay Today

Editor of Gay Today