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)