Hong Kong gov’t given chance to take fight against same-sex couples’ housing, inheritance rights to top court
The Hong Kong government has been given the chance to take its appeals over housing rights for same-sex couples who married overseas to the city’s top court. The Court of Appeal handed down its decisions for two cases relating to access to public housing and inheritance on Monday. With the victory, the proceedings will be heard at the Court of Final Appeal, where the government could potentially overturn earlier rulings welcomed by LGBTQ activists. Both decisions came after lower courts in 2020 and 2021 ruled in favour of same-sex couples who got married overseas, granting them equal access to...