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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shweta Sharma

Hong Kong court backs transgender right to use bathroom matching chosen gender identity

A court in Hong Kong has ruled in favour of a transgender individual who challenged a regulation criminalising the use of bathrooms that do not align with their chosen gender identity, a step toward recognising the rights of transgender people in the Chinese financial hub.

Judge Russell Coleman on Wednesday suspended the effect of the ruling for a year. The suspended ruling is to “consider whether it wishes to implement a way to deal with the contravention”.

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