A year after lawmakers veto equality bill, LGBTQ Hongkongers still hope for change

When Hong Kong’s Legislative Council vetoed a government bill that would have granted limited recognition to the city’s same-sex couples, 51-year-old Isaac Yick said he was “disappointed but not surprised”.
Yick was born and raised in Hong Kong before moving to Canada, where he eventually met and married his husband. They returned to the city together in 2013.
He said there was initially a sense that things were changing for the LGBTQ community in the city, citing victories in court that...