Hong Kong’s top court ruled in favor of recognizing same-sex partnerships, saying in its judgment that the absence of legal recognition has been seen to be essentially discriminatory and demeaning to same-sex couples. It marked the latest in a long series of litigations surrounding LGBTQ+ issues, as same-sex couples in the city have been forced to carve out rights from laws often ruled as discriminatory since the city decriminalized sexual acts between gay men in 1991. LGBTQ+ rights remain one of the areas in which the city stands apart from mainland China, where same-sex sexual acts have been legal since 1997 but recent years have seen a crackdown on the community. #Queer Up Courts