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今天機構的WhatsApp差不多在同一時間收到了兩位跨性別者的查詢，一位我們聊了很久，也十分愉快。另一位希望我們能夠為他寫證明信作申請BNO更改性別之用，我們很有耐性的為他解釋怎樣可以處理，他說看到我們的一個YouTube視頻，說要這個服務。我解釋若要我們寫信，需要與當事人面對面見過面，而且要接觸過一年以上（依照BNO的原則），才可以為他開出證明，照現在的情況我們幫不上忙，跟著他就惡言相向。我們為了保護機構的正常運作，及以免浪費時間資源，就將他封鎖了。

我想向大家解釋，我們過往提供免費的服務，都是用機構其他收入，向使用者額外提供的，並非是免費午餐。若有不滿，大可找其他人幫忙，我們過往的付出，已令機彈盡量絕，現在已無任何有支助的項目在手，亦因為不少在機構中說幫過手的義工，為機構帶來了嚴重的傷害，我們已停止大部分實體的服務項目了。現在TGR仍然勉力支撐為有需要的跨性別者提供服務，懇請不要濫用我們的服務及愛心，我們會衡量將力量留給值得幫助的人，本機構有權拒絕提供任何服務予不珍惜者。

We received two enquiries through our official Whatsapp today. One of them was a pleasant and enjoyable conversation that we will keep in touch in the future. The other one was about the process for gender change on BNO. The enquirer learned about the service from our YouTube video, and thus reached us to know more related details. 

We explained to them that we have to know the person for at least a year (according to the BNO application requirement), in which we meet face to face, before we may issue the letter for gender change on BNO. Therefore, we are not able to provide the service for the time being. So instead, we suggested seeking assistance from professionals listed on our website.

Unfortunately the enquirer was not satisfied with our reply and got back with insolent comments about our service. The contact was finally blocked for the sake of smooth and sound operation of our Whatsapp channel.

We would like to clarify that the free services we provide are in fact self-funded, meaning that they are not “free of cost”. Since we are no longer sponsored, our financial condition is turning shaky. Moreover, we did experience aggravation caused by some of our ex-volunteers, leading to a halt of many actual services.

Still, TGR has a mission to stand for and to be the support for the transgender group. However, we would like to see no abuse of our effort and devotion. We will allocate our cherished resources for the ones in need. We reserve the right to reject any service abusers.

本中心創辦人兼現任主席Joanne（梁詠恩）與台灣活躍同志基督徒Abraham（亞伯拉罕）獲台灣文化大學邀請於2021年10月21日在陽明山校園本部進行了3場以多元性別為主題的演講，反應熱烈，Joanne已是第3次於文化大學分享跨性別的心路歷程。

 

 

跨性別資源中心主席梁詠恩 (Joanne Leung) 接受了一個非常棒的博客「我生命中的女英雄」的訪問，該博客的創始人莫妮卡·科瓦爾斯卡 (Monika Kowalska)到現時已採訪了 550 多位擁有美麗、智慧與愛的跨性別女性。

The founder of TGR, Joanne Leung has been featured in a great blog "The Heroines of My Life" that interviewed over 550 transgender women that radiate with wisdom, beauty, intelligence and love by the founder Monika Kowalska.

https://theheroines.blogspot.com/2021/08/interview-with-joanne-leung.html

 

 

跨性別資源中心創辦人兼主席Joanne Leung梁詠恩非常榮幸獲ACL 2021 Queer in AI Social邀請為活動主講。
The founder and chairperson or Transgender Resource Center Joanne Leung has been proudly being invited as the keynote speakers in ACL 2021 Queer in AI Social. 

活動詳情請參閱官方網頁 Detail information available at the official website https://sites.google.com/view/queer-in-ai//acl-2021
Twitter: https://twitter.com/queerinai

 

Our founder and chairperson Joanne Leung has been proudly being invited as one of the keynote speakers in the ShhOUT event, the conference theme is "LGBTQ Advocacy in the Workplace" to be held on June 16, 2021. Detail information available at the official website https://humanresourcesmag.asia/shhout/

 

 

Press Conf Speakers

In the lead-up to the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (upcoming on 17th May 2021), the latest survey of 234 transgender people in Hong Kong between 2019 and 2020, the largest survey on the population in Hong Kong so far, has been released on 12th May 2021.

The survey conducted by the Sexualities Research Programme of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in collaboration with the Transgender Resource Center, found that:

Rejection, victimisation and discrimination were the rule rather than the exception in many transgender people’s lives in Hong Kong. 76% of the respondents reported facing rejection in different dimensions of social life in their lifetime. 62% of the respondents reported having experienced different forms of victimisation in their lifetime. 51.1% of the respondents reported facing discrimination in at least one of the following four domains in the previous year: Employment (34.8%), education (34.8%), provision of goods and services (36.9%) and disposal and management of premises (26.2%).

Transgender people in Hong Kong reported great difficulties in using a toilet which matches their self-identified gender, or even simply accessing toilets in public spaces. Worse still, when using the toilet, transgender people in Hong Kong were subjected to verbal assault, physical violence, or even sexual contact against their wishes.

A substantial proportion of the respondents had not undergone, were not sure or did not want to undergo gender-affirming medical interventions because of a variety of reasons, which means they were excluded from being eligible for a change of the sex entry on the identity card sex entry based on the current regulations set out by the Hong Kong government. Only 5.6% of the respondents had changed the on their identity card, and another 6% said they were in the process of doing so. 75% agreed that the government should recognise non-binary gender options.

All of such social and legal marginalisation took a toll on the transgender people’s mental health in Hong Kong. 42.8% of the respondents showed moderate-to-severe levels of depressive symptoms, and 34.7% showed moderate-to-severe levels of anxiety symptoms. Besides, 31.2% of the respondents reported non-suicidal self-injurious behaviour in the past 12 months. There were 76.9% of them contemplated suicide, 25.6% made a suicide plan, and 12.8% attempted suicide in their lifetime. However, transgender people displayed agency and one-third of them took action to resist when facing transgender-related discrimination/cisgenderism.

> Download English Press Release

> Download English Research Report

 

Chinese News Coverage: 

1. 明報：中大調查：逾四成跨性別受訪者出入境遭負面對待　有抑鬱症狀
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/港聞/article/20210512/s00001/1620816055884/中大調查-逾四成跨性別受訪者出入境遭負面對待-有抑鬱症狀
http://www.mingpaocanada.com/Tor/htm/News/20210513/HK-ghb1_r.htm

2. 東方： 研究指近8成受訪跨性別人士有自殺念頭　倡設性別身份反歧視法
https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20210512/bkn-20210512163144017-0512_00822_001.html

3. 商業電台：中大調查發現過半跨性別人士曾遭歧視
https://www.881903.com/news/local/2391242

4. 立場新聞： 研究指近 8 成跨性別人士有自殺念頭　促政府訂性別承認法、反歧視法
https://www.thestandnews.com/lgbtq/研究指近-8-成跨性別人士有自殺念頭-促政府訂性別承認法-反歧視法/

5. 眾新聞： 跨性別平權W案後無寸進　中大調查：51%受訪者面對歧視
https://www.hkcnews.com/article/41277/跨性別人士-跨性別廁所-羅寶璘-41277/跨性別人士

6. HK01: 調查發現近八成跨性別人士曾想過自殺　學者促跟進性別承認法
https://www.hk01.com/18區新聞/624319/調查發現近八成跨性別人士曾想過自殺-學者促跟進性別承認法

7. 頭條新聞：中大調查發現 逾半跨性別人士曾遭歧視
https://hd.stheadline.com/news/realtime/hk/2070921/即時-港聞-中大調查發現-逾半跨性別人士曾遭歧視

8. AM730: 八成跨性別港人想過自殺 專家倡精神健康支援 
https://www.am730.com.hk/news/新聞/八成跨性別港人想過自殺-專家倡精神健康支援-267751

9. 經濟一週：中大調查｜過半跨性別港人曾遭歧視 
https://www.edigest.hk/熱話/中大調查｜過半跨性別港人曾遭歧視-278777/

10. 香港商報：  中大調查：本港近八成跨性別受訪者表示曾遭歧視
https://hkcd.com/content/2021-05/12/content_1267770.html

 

English News coverage: 

11. RTHK News: Transgender people face broad discrimination: survey
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1590556-20210512.htm

12. SCMP: Three-quarters of transgender people in Hong Kong have considered suicide, Chinese University survey reveals
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3133243/three-quarters-transgender-people-hong-kong-have

13. Hong Kong Free Press: Half of transgender people in Hong Kong face discrimination, CUHK research shows
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/13/half-of-transgender-people-in-hong-kong-face-discrimination-cuhk-research-shows/

14. The Standard: Half of transgenders face discrimination: survey
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/172066/Half-of-transgenders-face-discrimination:-survey?fbclid=IwAR1aedIoHiiGMXxUchVR1KB7k6GLZEZpdiIMjFW3huHzOXywp9PEdm0jn7w

 

Live radio programme current affairs: 

15. RTHK Hong Kong Today (13 May):
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/news-programmes/this-episode.htm?cmsid=77