Transgender Resource Center
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The Transgender Resource Center (Traditional Chinese: 跨性別資源中心) was started in 2008 by Joanne Leung Wing-yan, a transgender woman from Hong Kong.[1][2][3] The Hong Kong-based organization provides information on and to transgender people in Hong Kong and mainland China. It also advocates for legal reforms to protect the transgender community.[4][5][6]
When it initially opened, TGR only provided social spaces and counseling services for transgender Hong Kongers.[1][7] Currently, the organization also disseminates information to members of the transgender community.[8] TGR's founder and chairperson, Leung, has called for legislation that allows transgender individuals to have their gender recognized and for greater social acceptance of transgender people in Hong Kong and mainland China.[2][9] Finally, the organization advocates for an anti-discrimination ordinance that would protect LGBT people from discrimination.[2][10]
TGR argues that the Hong Kong government needs a gender recognition ordinance because transgender individuals in Hong Kong may have their gender legally changed if they have undergone sex reassignment surgery.[11][12] TGR has lobbied for legislation that would allow transgender individuals to change their gender without surgery.[11] Such proposed legislation has faced opposition from Christian groups in Hong Kong.[11]
TGR has written and published a series of transgender manuals called "Gossip Boys and Girls" (in Chinese named as 是非男女). One of the most recently version in English is "The Book of Transgender in Hong Kong".[1]
After ten years of being without a permanent location, TGR opened a center in Hung Hom on 31 December 2017.[1]
TGR has also worked with the Equal Opportunities Commission of Hong Kong to draft a report on transgender people's interactions with law enforcement.[12]
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- ^ a b c "HKFP Person of the Month, July 2017: Transgender rights activist Joanne Leung | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- ^ Chiang, Howard (December 11, 2012). Transgender China. New York: Springer. p. 278. ISBN 9781349343201.
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- ^ "Transgender Resource Center". Planetromeo Foundation. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
- ^ Tam. "Transgenders: more than meets the eye". Time Out Hong Kong. Retrieved 2018-06-22.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "跨性別社群遭忽視 香港平權意識待改". 星島日報. 星島教育. 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ^ "近半跨性別者曾受暴力對待 學者籲立性別承認法". Ming Pao. 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ^ a b c "'Help transgender people, but with advice and facilities, not new laws'". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- ^ a b "Hong Kong transgender people face humiliation from law enforcement officers, says study". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- ^ "Transgender Resource Center Website". Transgender Resource Center Website. Retrieved 2018-07-30.