Hong Kong, Nov 26, 2024 (AFP) - Hong Kong LGBTQ advocate wins posthumous legal victory

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2024-11-26

Nearly four years after his death, LGBTQ activist Edgar Ng was vindicated by Hong Kong's top court Tuesday as judges ruled in his favour on housing and inheritance rights for same-sex couples. The outcome is a major step forward for Hong Kong's LGBTQ community, but one Ng will never see. In 2020, aged 33, he died by suicide. "(Ng) was a strong and cheerful person on the outside, but he experienced a lot of pain," recalled his husband Henry Li in......

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