While Taiwan has legalised same-sex marriage, Hong Kong is still struggling with workplace discrimination against LGBT staff – is the city ready for change? South China Morning Post
When construction worker Matrix Suen, 29, recently came out as gay to a senior colleague, he did not imagine his personal story, which took courage to reveal in an industry known for its masculine image, would be spread among others as a cruel joke. It was a rude awakening for the diploma holder, who had worked for 11 years in various blue-collar vocations before realising his new workplace was not ready to accept his sexual orientation. It had only been his second month in the job. Despite billing itself as a cosmopolitan society, Hong Kong is still grappling with LGBT issues, and the stru…