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Prof. SUEN Yiu Tung was interviewed by Ming Pao about rights of transgender on 7 Feburary.

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法庭不改寫登記政策 倡入境處考慮執行模式

《華盛頓郵報》引用了性別研究課程的研究。

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Hong Kong’s top court rules surgery is not needed to register gender change

An article based on a recent paper Prof. Suen Yiu Tung published in the Journal of Aging Studies was published in South China Morning Post on 1 December. The article is about the needs of older people living with HIV.

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Hong Kong must not neglect older people living with HIV

Professor Suen Yiu-tung, Associate Professor of Gender Studies Programme, CUHK, was interviewed by South China Morning Post about the right to sports participation for #LGBTQ people on 18 November.

Less than a year before Hong Kong co-hosts the Gay Games, new research findings by my team released today reveal that among the 884 lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer plus (LGBQ+) respondents in Hong Kong:

• 30% of them had experienced assault during PE classes.
• 47.4% of them said that homophobia in the sports sector are common or very common.
• One-fourth of them said they had experienced bullying because of being perceived as a sexual minority in sports or fitness settings.
• Among the respondents who said they had participated in a sports team before (42.6% of the respondents, n = 377), 57% of them had not come out to anyone at all.

There has been much debate in Hong Kong about the city hosting the Gay Games in 2023, the first time the event will be held in Asia. Over the past two decades, academic studies, and studies by sports agencies and government health departments, around the world have documented that homophobia, biphobia and transphobia remain rampant in sports settings for LGBTQ+ adolescents in school, as well as for LGBTQ+ adults in both leisure and competitive settings.

This study is the first to provide empirical evidence that a substantial proportion of LGBQ+ people in Hong Kong often feel unsafe or are actively excluded in sports settings.

Homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in sports settings have harmful consequences. They adversely affect LGBTQ+ people’s participation and performance in sports. They make it difficult for LGBTQ+ athletes to come out to their coach and team members. They do not only hinder authentic relationships from being built, but also drastically affect LGBTQ+ people’s performance as they have to divert their attention from performing at their absolute best to hiding who they are and questioning themselves. Homophobia, biphobia and transphobia make some LGBTQ+ people give up sports altogether.

Everyone should have the right to sports participation, health and well-being, including LGBTQ+ people.

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Hong Kong’s LGBT community struggles for acceptance in sports and fitness industries, Chinese University survey shows

Dr. WONG Yuk Ying Sonia, lecturer of Gender Studies Programme, CUHK, was interviewed by BBC News Chinese about gender stereotyping in patriarchal society on 6 November.

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內蒙女官員因外表打扮捱批：中國女性在當前政治風氣下為何左右為難

Prof.WONG Wang Ivy, director of Gender Studies Programme, CUHK, was interviewed by Initium Media about the gender stereotyping on Hong Kong school campuses. She indicated that no matter the reason, setting rules on one’s appearance based on their gender is already a type of gender stereotype. She also expressed that the differences in gender stereotypes between cultures have been ignored, and more discussion should be made as gender rules have been changing over the years.

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中學生抵抗校園性別定型，平機會、法庭成為捍衛選擇權的新戰場

Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Suen Yiu Tung, discusses LGBTQ+ rights in Hong Kong and China, particularly in business and at the workplace. Suen has been engaged in LGBTQ+ research in Hong Kong for a whole decade and sees clear shift in terms of public opinion on LGBTQ+ issues and more business involvement in the city. He speaks to David Ingles, Yvonne Man and Rishaad Salamat on “Bloomberg Markets Asia”. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Bloomberg TV programme

Do children do better academically or is that just a myth? Do they flourish in the classroom away from the opposite sex or does it make them awkward and unprepared for the real world?

The BBC radio programme featuring Prof. Ivy Wong about single sex education is now available for replay.

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BBC Radio 4

為紀念香港男男性行為非刑事化30週年，性別研究課程的孫耀東教授在南華早報上發表評論文章，回顧近30年香港LGBT+社群的權益狀況。

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南華早報

中大性別研究課程助理教授孫耀東教授於 2021 年 6 月23日早受邀參加香港電台節目《Backchat》，討論2022年第11屆香港同樂運動會。

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RTHK’s Backchat: Gay Games