Anti-LGBTQ lawmakers call for ban on Hong Kong Gay Games, saying it poses threat to national security
- Critics of gay rights call for investigation into source of event’s funding, saying it may amount to collusion with foreign forces
- They also call for top government adviser Regina Ip to resign for agreeing to officiate at opening this weekend, but she rejects claims as ‘ridiculous’
Ridiculing their claims on Wednesday, Executive Council convenor Regina Ip vowed to continue her open support for the Games, while the organisers insisted they were holding a sports and cultural event to promote inclusivity and unity.
The 11th Gay Games run from November 3 to 11 and will be held in Asia for the first time since the event’s inception in 1982, with about 2,000 athletes expected to compete.
Seven lawmakers – Junius Ho Kwan-yiu, Priscilla Leung Mei-fun, Peter Shiu Ka-fai, Duncan Chiu Tat-kun, Michael Lee Chun-keung, Carmen Kan Wai-mun and Tik Chi-yuen – held a press conference joined by more than a dozen other critics to voice their opposition to the event.
“We object to any Western ideology that sugar-coated its agenda in the name of diversity and inclusivity for a sports event, attempting to subvert national security,” lawmaker Junius Ho Kwan-yiu said.
He described the event as a “criminal activity” that spread the ideology of gay rights, subverting traditional Chinese family values.
