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Landmark decision for same-sex couple
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A BRITISH woman with a female partner has won the right to live and work in Hong Kong in a landmark case that could reduce more hurdles for same-sex couples in the city.
QT, as she was referred to in court, entered into a civil partnership in Britain in 2011 and moved to Hong Kong the same year after her partner was offered a job in the city.
She was denied a dependant visa and has instead stayed in Hong Kong on a visitor visa, which does not allow her to work.
The Court of Appeal overturned a lower court鈥檚 decision last year which rejected her efforts to secure a visa to settle in the city.
Yesterday鈥檚 decision, reached unanimously by a panel of three judges, said immigration authorities 鈥渇ailed to justify the indirect discrimination on account of sexual orientation that QT suffers.鈥
Activists and members of the LGBT community applauded the decision.
Campaigners have described the case as a landmark for the socially conservative city, which does not recognise gay marriage and only decriminalized homosexuality in 1991.
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