Sep
25
2020
LGBT Rights in Hong Kong: the Path to Equality Revealed by Two Rulings
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)
Jul
22
2020
Changes of Family Life in Contemporary China｜China Review 特刊
by Song Jing, Ji Yingchun
Media : WeChat Public Account: Lady Muse 繆斯夫人
宋婧 計迎春
Jul
12
2020
How do young couple living together divide housework? Do they seek for more gender equality?
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)
Jun
26
2020
Curiouser and Curiouser
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
Jun
16
2020
‘Ensure workplace protection for LGBT people in HK’
Photo: Shutterstock
Prof Yiu-tung Suen of the Gender Studies Programme has been interviewed on the US Supreme Court’s landmark decision on 17th June 2020 which rules that LGBT workers are protected from discrimination in the workplace.
Speaking to the Radio Television Hong Kong, Prof Suen said mandatory workplace protection would be a good place to start given there’s public support for the idea and businesses are already taking steps to protect their LGBT employees.
Suen said that research shows that LGBT people in the SAR face unfriendly attitudes from bosses and colleagues and may even be denied jobs, and that this may be more common in sectors like education and healthcare, with interviewees telling him that coming out would be “career suicide”. However, his research has shown that support for protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is quite high, and that earlier this year, a study he carried out showed that opposition to this kind of protection has dropped to “a historical low” of 12 percent. He told RTHK: “The government has to answer why they are not responsive to both the general public, the LGBT community as well as the business community.”
Media Coverage:
May
14
2020
Collaboration with WUN on women’s mobility in Asia
Prof. SONG Jing of the Gender Studies Programme at CUHK received a grant from the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Research Development Fund (RDF) in 2018 to conduct a project titled ‘Women’s Mobility: Negotiating Work and Family Spheres in Asia’ which examines women’s mobility as a combined consequence of micro-level individual and family strategies and macro-level migration policies and trends in Asian societies. It has participation from four WUN member universities—The University of Sydney, University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of York and Zhejiang University—and seven non-WUN member universities, including Fudan University and the University of Oxford. For more details, please see the report from Office of Academic Links of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Media Coverage:
Mar
05
2020
Researcher urges same-sex couples law review
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Prof. Suen Yiu Tung, Assistant Professor of the Gender Studies Programme, and Founding Director of the Sexualities Research Programme at the Chinese University of Hong Kong was interviewed live on RTHK’s ‘Hong Kong Today’ Programme to talk about the recent verdict that the Housing Authority’s rejection of an application for public housing by a same-sex couple was discriminatory and unlawful. And his research, concerning public attitudes toward sexual minorities, was quoted in a number of local outlets such as RTHK, Apple Daily, and Oriental Daily.
The Court of First Instance has handed down a judgment on 4 March 2020 to rule that the Hong Kong Housing Authority’s refusal to recognise same-sex marriages when assessing applications for public rental housing is unlawful and unconstitutional.
Suen Yiu-tung told RTHK on Thursday it would be a waste of public resources for the government to appeal Wednesday’s judgment.
The Sexualities Research Programme of the Chinese University of Hong Kong provides some empirical evidence for understanding the social sentiment on the issue. In response to the question ‘If a same-sex couple is in a stable long-term relationship, do you agree with their right to apply for public housing as a family unit?’, 52% of the respondents said they very much agreed/ agreed in 2019, as compared to 39% back in 2016. According to the 2019 survey, only 24% said they disagreed/ very much disagreed with such a right, as compared to 33% back in 2016.
Media Coverage:
Jan
08
2020
Support for laws against LGBT discrimination in Hong Kong rising, Chinese University survey finds
Photo: Chris Lau
Prof. Yiu Tung Suen of Gender Studies Programme, CUHK brought attention to the waning opposition to legal protections for Hong Kong’s sexual minorities and urge the government to reconsider bringing in protective legislation preventing discrimination against LGBT people.
Media Coverage:
South China Morning Post (as lead story on A1 in printed version)
Radio on 8th Jan 2020
Nov
18
2019
點止講女人
媒體：RTHK香港電台 五夜講場 – 哲學有偈傾 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43gH8b7ih1s
中大性別研究課程的講師黃鈺瑩博士和曹文傑博士，在香港電台節目: 《五夜講場 – 哲學有偈傾 2019：點止講女人》裡暢談女性主義。
Oct
31
2019
CUHK Research Revealed Simple Intervention Would Help to Change Children’s Bias to Gender Nonconformity
Prof. Ivy Wong’s research on children’s appraisals of gender nonconformity was reported in a press release by the Society for Research in Child Development and a press conference and press release organized by CUHK.
News clippings in the media:
SRCD Press release 2019-10-24 New Intervention May Help Ease Young Children’s Biases Against Gender-nonconforming Peers
CUHK Press release 2019-10-31CUHK Study Reveals Simple Inventio May Change Young Children’s Biased Perception of Peers Breaking Gender Norms
Child&Family Blog 2019-10 Gender Nonconforming Children, Particularly Boys, Are Less Popular With Peers
HKET TOPICK 2019-10-31中大研究揭兒童對性別非常規化朋輩存偏見 倡培育多元共融意義
On.cc 2019-10-31 4歲童已對非常規性別行為存偏見 學者倡及早教育
SCMP 2019-11-01 Gender stereotyping can be reduced at a young age with proper intervention, study conducted on Hong Kong children finds
hk01 2019-11-01 中大研究：4歲童對「娘娘腔」行為存偏見 倡及早培育多元意義
etnet 2019-11-01 歧視「娘娘腔」「與異性結伴」 4歲小童已有性別偏見
Ming Pao 2019-11-01 研究：男生愛洋娃娃女生短髮難交友 4歲童有「非常規性別」偏見
AM730 2019-11-01 幼童歧視不跟從性別規範朋輩 中大專家︰早介入可減偏見
HKEJ 2019-11-01 研究揭4歲童已具性別定型觀念
HKET 2019-11-01 對「娘娘腔」朋輩 或4歲已存偏見
Sing Tao Daily 2019-11-01 研究：幼童對非常規性別行為存偏見
Sky Post 2019-11-01 歧視「娘娘腔」「與異性結伴」 4歲小童已有性別偏見
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