Meet The Team - Hong Kong Marriage Equality

Mission Statement

Hong Kong Marriage Equality is dedicated to advancing fair treatment for same-sex couples and eliminating discrimination against same-sex couples, and promoting diversity in society and the development of law relating to LGBT+ equality in Hong Kong.

Our Logo

The Hong Kong Marriage Equality logo features three elements and three colours. They are house, heart and equal sign, as well as blue, green and red, respectively.

The blue symbolizes the sky, the green represents a sustainable Earth and the red exemplifies love. At HKME, we endeavour to see all families and homes on this green Earth as equal under the blue sky.

Meet The Team

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Gigi Chao

Co-founder

Gigi Chao

Co-founder

Gigi is a successful businesswoman and a passionate social advocate. She founded Faith in Love Foundation, a Hong Kong charity that encourages volunteerism and alleviation of poverty through scholarships, resource distribution and emotional support for marginalized youth. She is also specialist private sector adviser to the United Nations Development Programme Being LGBTI in Asia. In 2019, Gigi co-founded Hong Kong Marriage Equality, an NGO that aims to eliminate discrimination and bring equality to LGBT+ persons in Hong Kong.

As an avid aviator, she is past president of the Hong Kong Aviation Club and Honorary Specialist Flight Lieutenant of the Hong Kong Air Cadets Corp., where she flies a Robinson R44.

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Jerome Yau

Co-founder

Jerome Yau

Co-founder

Jerome has garnered broad experience in the NGO sector as a communicator and strategist. A champion of equality, he is actively involved in LGBT+ rights advocacy. He was the brainchild behind policy formation at Pink Alliance, and in 2019 he co-founded Hong Kong Marriage Equality. In addition, he has served on the board of AIDS Concern since 2014.

Jerome graduated from the University of British Columbia, where he majored in history and political science. He began his career as a journalist in Canada and then moved on to become a communications professional with experience in corporate communications, content management, media relations, public affairs and external relations.

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Azan Marwah

Legal Advisor

Azan Marwah

Legal Advisor

Azan is a barrister and accredited mediator in Hong Kong. His practice covers a broad spectrum of commercial matters, civil litigation, and disputes. He specializes in matters involving cross-border, public or administrative law elements before courts and in arbitral tribunals.

On LGBT+ equality and employment, he advised and appeared in judicial review proceedings relating to the right of LGBT civil servants to equality of spousal benefits. Azan is a published expert in family and child law. He also contributes to Archbold, the White Book and Chitty. He advises a number of charitable organisations.

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David Ko

Director of Communications

David Ko

Director of Communications

David heads up RFI Asia, a digital marketing agency with offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, India and Hong Kong. RFI is part of the Ruder Finn family of companies.

Comprising an award-winning team of digital strategists, data analysts and content creators, RFI services include branded content creation, emerging technologies, web, social influence, crisis management, analytics, and consumer research.

Prior to Ruder Finn, David was head of WE Communications Asia, managing a network across China, Hong Kong, Singapore and India, as well as joint ventures in South Korea and Australia.

Before WE he founded Shout Communications. He has also held PR and marketing leadership positions with Cisco Systems, Redback Networks, Hill & Knowlton and Edelman Worldwide.

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Celine Tan

Director of Development

Celine Tan

Director of Development

Celine is Senior Business Development Manager for Issuer Services within Securities Services at HSBC. She is senior advisor to the Pride ERG co-chairs. Celine is an innovative trailblazer apt at creating influential platforms.

She was founder and co-chair of the Goldman Sachs Singapore Pride chapter in 2010, co-chair of Credit Suisse Singapore’s Open Network from 2011 which broke ground as the first few formal presence of LGBT+ ERGs in Singapore-based companies. She was one of J.P. Morgan Hong Kong’s female rising stars in 2015. For her business achievements, she was nominated for American Chambers of Commerce in Hong Kong’s Professional of the Year award in 2017 and 2018.

Celine’s external work include fundraising for Hong Kong Marriage Equality; co-chairing the Hong Kong LGBT+ Interbank Forum from 2016-2017, which during her tenure rallied major banks and law firms to intervene in the same-sex spousal visa landmark case that was won in July 2018; founding of Lesbians in Finance in 2017; establishing Outrunners HK in 2017 as Treasurer; importing Pink Dot to Hong Kong in 2014 as fundraiser.

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Paul Choi

Director of Community Engagement

Paul Choi

Director of Community Engagement

Paul is Managing Director, Head of Talent Management in The Hong Kong Exchange. He oversees the functions of Recruitment, Learning and Development, as well as leading the team of HR Business Partners.

Paul brings a wealth of experience with him, in learning and engagement, talent branding, leadership development, employee engagement, and diversity and inclusion. Prior to The Hong Kong Exchange, he was a Managing Director, Human Capital Management at Goldman Sachs, heading up their Learning and Engagement effort in Asia Pacific. Before Goldman Sachs, Paul worked for J.P. Morgan and Andersen Consulting.

Paul has a BSc degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Hong Kong and an MBA from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

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2023年10月27日香港終審法院宣告，香港

【2023年回顧】今年先後有不同有關同

婚姻平權協會今日就終審法院對岑子杰同性婚權頒布的最終判決發表以下聲明：

本會敦促政府與相關持份者積極合作，在法庭要求的時間內制定和實施全面的框架，承認同性伴侶關係。

連同高院上訴庭近期就三宗同性伴侶權利案所作出的裁決，本港法院至今已作出一共七次裁決，裁定同性伴侶該受法律保障並應得到。

當中所發出的訊息清晰無誤，在香港法例下政府有責任平等對待同性伴侶，而同性伴侶亦應當過上有尊嚴的生活。

以零碎的方式處理承認同性伴侶關係不單費時失事，也違背了岑子杰同性婚權案判決的精神與其判詞的字面意義。

同性婚姻是唯一經實踐證明行之有效的解決方案，而岑子杰案判詞亦清楚表明基本法並沒有禁止政府就同性婚姻立法。

案件概述
岑子杰於2013年與同性伴侶在美國結婚，並於2018年就特區政府拒絕承認海外同性婚姻提出司法覆核，先後遭原訟庭和上訴庭裁定敗訴，2022年高等法院上訴庭終以案件具備重大公共價值為由批准上訴。

#同性婚姻 #婚姻平權協會

婚姻平權協會今日就高等法院上訴庭對同性伴侶繼承覆核案件判決發表以下聲明：

今日，高等法院上訴庭駁回了政府對李亦豪先生及其已故丈夫吳翰林先生遺產案的上訴，再次說明相關法例對同性伴侶與異性伴侶存在差別待遇，而這種差別待遇是構成不合法歧視。

同性伴侶與異性伴侶一樣，因為堅定不移的愛與承諾，希望與對方共組家庭，以家人的身份保護對方。將同性伴侶排除在婚姻制度外，不僅是歧視，更損害了同性伴侶的尊嚴和福祉。

本會呼籲政府不要再就判決上訴，讓事件早日止息，以免延長李亦豪先生不必要的痛苦。

觀乎近日有關同性配偶的公共房屋司法覆核案，以及其他涉及同性伴侶的裁決，明顯地，當局應該全面承認同性伴侶關係以解決問題，而同性婚姻則是唯一一個經實踐證明的有效兼持久方案。

香港素來以多元和進步而引以為榮，現在是時候向全世界說好香港故事，同性伴侶在這個亞洲國際都會都可以過上有尊嚴的生活。

#同性婚姻 #婚姻平權協會

婚姻平權協會今日就高等法院上訴庭對兩宗同性配偶的公共房屋案件判決發表以下聲明：

今日，高等法院上訴庭維持高院原訟庭的裁決，明確指出香港房屋委員會現行的公屋及居屋政策，同性配偶與異性配偶存在差別待遇。是次判決再次表明，公共政策應該保障所有人士，以免他們因為性傾向而遭受歧視和不公平待遇。

為免延長不必要和昂貴的訴訟，政府不應以零碎的方式處理承認同性伴侶關係的問題，反之應主動與各持份者合作，制定一個全面的框架承認同性伴侶關係。

根據早前終審法院就岑子杰同性婚權案的判決，政府是絕對可以推行同性婚姻。

毫無疑問，同性婚姻乃是承認同性配偶關係和落實終院判決的最佳方法。

#同性婚姻 #婚姻平權協會

/曾經有人問過，為何會接受孩子的性取向。原因很簡單，因為是我的孩子。/

#同性婚姻 #婚姻平權協會

《結婚之後？香港同婚權利講座》
剛過去的岑子杰同性婚權案的判決是甚麼？在現今香港，已婚同性伴侶們到底有甚麼權利？

《結婚之後？香港同婚權利講座》內容包括：
1. 香港同婚法案最新情況
2. 入境與居留權：如果另一半並未擁有香港居留權，可以如何申請對方來港定居？
3. 公共房屋政策：已婚伴侶是否有資格申請香港公共房屋？
4. 稅務優惠：已婚伴侶可以一同報稅？
5. 患病與死亡：在醫療系統中，同性伴侶可以是甚麼角色？面對死亡，已婚伴侶又能為另一半決定甚麼？
6. 離婚：他日選擇離婚，又可以如何處理？
7. Q&A

日期：2023年10月14日（六）
時間：2:30 P.M. - 3:30 P. M.
講者：歐華律師事務所亞洲區公益律師 - 陳俊達律師
地點：香港逸東酒店1樓 RECEPTION LOUNGE
語言：廣東話
名額：20人
費用：HKD 150*
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