1/2 A #HongKong torture claims adjudicator said a claimant could not be gay because he& #39;d have found it "enjoyable" when he was raped in Egypt.

In rejecting his claim, he said no doctor had "diagnosed" his homosexuality. https://twitter.com/hkfp/status/1319134593723805697">https://twitter.com/hkfp/stat... @holongsze #LGBT

2/ In the decision obtained by @HKFP, the adjudicator said the torture claimant did not walk, talk or dress like a gay man as he did not wear makeup, high heels or a floral garment. And he had a beard and didn& #39;t sound gay.

In full: https://hongkongfp.com/2020/10/22/hong-kongs-bigoted-discriminatory-lgbt-refugee-decision-shows-govt-bill-to-speed-up-court-cases-wont-fix-surge-of-legal-challenges-ngo-says/
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/10/2... href="https://twitter.com/holongsze">@holongsze

Hong Kong's 'bigoted, discriminatory' LGBT refugee decision shows gov't bill to speed up court...

Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers and a human rights organisation said on Wednesday that the government’s proposed legal amendments to speed up the handling of court cases – including those related...

https://hongkongfp.com/2020/10/22/hong-kongs-bigoted-discriminatory-lgbt-refugee-decision-shows-govt-bill-to-speed-up-court-cases-wont-fix-surge-of-legal-challenges-ngo-says/

3/ @justicecentrehk told @HKFP& #39;s @holongsze that these kind of "bigoted, discriminatory and unacceptable" show that legislative efforts to "speed up" legal challenges to the refugee torture claim process are in vain, as the system itself is very broken, hence all the appeals.

4/ The @WHO declassified homosexuality as a mental "disorder" in 1990, whilst the American Psychiatric Association removed the "diagnosis" from its handbook in 1973.

The claimant is now safe in Canada. He told @HKFP: "Don& #39;t come to Hong Kong, it& #39;s crazy." https://twitter.com/holongsze/status/1319141854244339713">https://twitter.com/holongsze...