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Hong Kong LGBTQ Rights Setback Takes Emotional Toll

Hong Kong's LGBTQ activists were left disappointed by a vote that knocked down legislation to provide some rights for same-sex couples (Credit: AFP)

At a tiny, cluttered flat in Hong Kong, four people sat around a large rainbow flag and quietly started to embroider.

Just hours before, the city's legislature overwhelmingly vetoed a government bill that would have granted limited rights to same-sex couples -- a stinging defeat for an LGBTQ community that has already spent years on the back foot.

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