# @pinknews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DOeRGU9jmAq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34636019-pinknews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-09-11T19:01:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PinkNews (@pinknews) — https://gondola.cc/pinknews

## Caption

Lawmakers in Hong Kong have rejected a bill that would have granted some limited rights to same-sex couples, in a vote that showed an "alarming disdain" for the community.

The proposed law, which would have recognised a small number of rights for couples who were married overseas, was shot down by a massive majority of the 89-member Legislative Council (LegCo).

LGBTQ rights activist Jimmy Sham said: “Today, the ‘Same-Sex Civil Partnership Bill’ was formally rejected during its second reading in the Legislative Council, which I find deeply regrettable”

Sham, whose long-running legal challenge pushed the government to act in the first place, said the government's failure to protect same-sex couples' rights "would remain an open wound."

#LGBTQNews #HongKong #HongKongNews #SameSexMarriage

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