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In the lead-up to the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (upcoming on 17th May 2021), Prof Suen Yiu Tung and his team launched the results of a survey of 234 transgender people in Hong Kong between 2019 and 2020, the largest survey on the population in Hong Kong so far. The results of the survey document the social and legal marginalization that transgender people face in Hong Kong. The survey results were also discussed in the context of ongoing policy debates about legal gender recognition.

Chinese News Coverage:

1. 明報：中大調查：逾四成跨性別受訪者出入境遭負面對待　有抑鬱症狀

2. 東方： 研究指近8成受訪跨性別人士有自殺念頭　倡設性別身份反歧視法

3. 商業電台：中大調查發現過半跨性別人士曾遭歧視

4. 立場新聞： 研究指近 8 成跨性別人士有自殺念頭　促政府訂性別承認法、反歧視法

5. 眾新聞： 跨性別平權W案後無寸進　中大調查：51%受訪者面對歧視

6. HK01: 調查發現近八成跨性別人士曾想過自殺　學者促跟進性別承認法

7. 頭條新聞：中大調查發現 逾半跨性別人士曾遭歧視

8. AM730: 八成跨性別港人想過自殺 專家倡精神健康支援

9. 經濟一週：中大調查｜過半跨性別港人曾遭歧視

10. 香港商報： 中大調查：本港近八成跨性別受訪者表示曾遭歧視

English News coverage:

11. RTHK News: Transgender people face broad discrimination: survey

12. SCMP: Three-quarters of transgender people in Hong Kong have considered suicide, Chinese University survey reveals

13. Hong Kong Free Press: Half of transgender people in Hong Kong face discrimination, CUHK research shows

14. The Standard: Half of transgenders face discrimination: survey

Live radio programme current affairs:

15. RTHK Hong Kong Today (13 May)

Congratulations on Siu Cho (Dr. Cho Man Kit Joseph), lecturer of Gender Studies Programme on winning the Exemplary Teaching Award 2020 of Faculty of Social Science! We are really glad the high quality teaching of our staff is recognized and hope to offer even more to our students and society in the future.

For the start of Term 2 2020-21, CUHK will be using Zoom as a platform for online teaching. If you are a CUHK student and interested in auditing the first two classes of the term for consideration of adding or dropping the courses, please refer to this pdf file for the links to the Zoom classes. (CUHK students only)

Former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of CUHK, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Psychology and one of the founding members of Gender Studies Programme, Prof Fanny Cheung received the Denmark Gunvald Award from the International Council of Psychologists in 2020.

The Denmark-Gunvald Award for Feminist Research and Service (details can be found here: https://icpweb.org/awards/denmark-gunvald-award/ ) is presented to honor a psychologist who has a history of research and service that directly benefits the health, promotion and well-being of women in the world.

We feel very proud that Prof Cheung has got this well-deserved recognition for her pioneering work and it places CUHK psychology and gender research in the international map.

The award was presented at the Awards Ceremony via Zoom during the ICP Conference on Sunday, December 13th at 3:30 pm EST. Prof Cheung’s acceptance speech is now available to download until the end of December. You may click this link to download:

https://hkiaps.synology.me/file/sharing/AfmN2wrR1

It is protected by password.

Password: hkiaps507

(please play the file with VLC media player)

On October 7, the Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) released the findings of the “Research on Public Attitudes towards Female Political Leadership”, which were reported widely by local media. Commissioned by EOC, the research was conducted by the research team of the Gender Research Centre (GRC) of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Prof. Song Jing, Assistant Professor of Gender Studies Programme leads this research project and serves as the principal investigator.

The study showed that over 60% respondents, composed of the public and politicians, believed that domestic responsibility was an obstacle for female politicians. It is also highlighted that female leaders “received unwanted public attention with a focus on their body shape,  appearance and private lives. The research also provides practical suggestions to eliminate the difficulties female leaders face in participating politics and increase the representation of female politicians, such as introducing family-friendly policies, including flexible working hours and parental leave.

Media Coverage:

The Standard: Women making strides, but some barriers remain

The Standard: Female politicians viewed through deep-rooted stereotypes, survey finds

RTHK English News: Female politicians plagued by gender bias: study

Truth Media Hong Kong: Facebook Live Broadcast

Now新闻：调查：照顾家庭是女性成为政治领袖的最大障碍

Now新闻：【政情网上行】男女大不同？

东网：身材外表被公众品评　平机会指女政治领袖压力大　

苹果日报：平机会发现过度关注外貌成女性从政障碍 吁避免「好打得」标签应注重表现

香港商报：Facebook Live Broadcast I

香港商报：Facebook Live Broadcast II

明报：平机会倡家庭友善 推1/4日假

明报：调查：女政治领袖照顾家庭较多障碍

东方日报：逾60%受访者信男女同具领袖特质

商业电台： 天下为公仆 陈聪：论 愈抛低屋企、愈受到歌颂？

香港电台：“晨早新闻天地”节目

Prof Yiu-tung Suen of the Gender Studies Programme has been interviewed by BBC on the two recent rulings related to LGBT rights in Hong Kong recently.

Prof Suen said in most cases concerning LGBT rights, if the complaints applied for a judicial review on specific benefits and policies, they would normally have the chance to win, according to the current situation. The courts would regard that giving same-sex couples equal treatment has no harm to the heterosexual marriage system.

However, when the case touches the overall system and definition of same-sex couples in a larger scale, the probability of winning is small. Both the two recent cases show this trend.

Media: BBC News (Chinese Version)

For the start of Term 1 2020-21, CUHK will be using Zoom as a platform for online teaching. If you are a CUHK student and interested in auditing the first two classes of the term for consideration of adding or dropping the courses, please refer to this pdf file for the links to the Zoom classes. (CUHK students only)

by Song Jing, Ji Yingchun

Media : WeChat Public Account: Lady Muse 繆斯夫人

宋婧 計迎春

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/CbxIVgGiDfEWzE0MtcjcgQ

by Song Jing, Lai Weiwen

青年同居情侶如何分配家務？他們會更追求性別平等嗎？

Media: Zhishifenzi.com (知識份子)

http://zhishifenzi.com/depth/humanity/9542.html

Prof. Ivy Wong was interviewed by the RTHK programme “Curiouser and Curiouser (敏感時刻)” on transgender issues. The interview starts at around 32:30 of the programme.

Media: RTHK