Introduction
LGBT, also known as Lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender, meet various legal challenges in Hong Kong. In the United Kingdom, homosexuality became legal in early nineteen seventy-five, the same move got captured in Hong Kong. In conjunction with this, Governor Murray supports gay privately, but the concern of community opposes this, saying that gay should be criminalized (Hoang, 2019). The criminal laws in Hong Kong contradicting homosexuality tend to relate similarly to rules set in the British. The law states lifetime imprisonment when one is found guilty of homosexuality. Several debates were conducted in the 1970s as well as the 1980s if at all the LGBT can be pronounced legal or not. The legislative council came up with resolutions in 1991 — the same states that homosexuality should be allowed but in the following condition. I9t must be non-commercial, private, and for the adults.
Age
However, the age got revised, twenty-one years for gay men and heterosexual was to be sixteen years, but the law did not touch on lesbianism. The group concerned with the LGBT right came on board with the legislative council claiming for the consent law age to be made equal. Nevertheless, they got advised that the inequality of age law was to protect youths. On the same note, a lawsuit was proposed in court to challenge the age inequality. By 2005, one of the Justice in Hong Kong identified that the disparity in age consent was not constitutional. The same led to ruling in the court of appeal, but the provision remained the same in the crime ordinance.
By 2017, the LGBT activists raised in court the issue against the government punishing those found guilty on same-sex marriage practice. The court ruled on his favor by 2019, leading to a revision of the following offenses same-sex intercourse practice by any male under sixteen years, allowing a young person to involve in intercourse and finally male to gross male indecency. The fight has stayed for about twenty years when the activist suggests that laws should get alternated. In addition to this, the secretary of justice was firm that laws regarding homosexuality are incompatible as far as the fundamental laws are concerned. The government as well have tried regulating laws on the marriage of the same sex.
Concerning the high court of Hong Kong, they ruled in 2013 that any female can comfortably marry her girlfriend. They as well insist on the government that is soon drafting law allowing transgender to marry. Moreover, homosexuality has existed to be a subject of discussion in Hong Kong. A significant number of the citizens support same-sex marriage while few are opposed to it. A recent study within the University of Chinese found that fifty-four percent of the public agrees with homosexuality. Similarly, sixty-four percent also proposed that they should have access to claiming their partner's ashes. Only twenty percent were opposed to the same issue.
Virtue Ethics
Virtue ethics have not side-lined much the issues of homosexuality.it view same-sex marriage as moral and not evil. Following an article published by 2003 on homosexuality and morality. There are several supportive reasons for same-sex marriage. To begin with, it states that homosexuality is a way of having pleasure, and no one can be against happiness since it is a good thing. It also outlines that homosexuality is interpersonal communication. The same can get achieved through intercourse of the same sex. Finally, it can be a way of growing one's emotions.
Conclusion
To summarize, Hong Kong has got mixed reactions to homosexuality concerning virtue ethics. In Taiwan, homosexuality is strongly supported and morally accepted to citizens (Kong, 2019). In Hong Kong, one publisher narrates, "no man can enjoy his life fully with high soul, I, therefore, pray for God to forgive those practicing homosexuality" the idea shows that virtue ethics do not accommodate every citizen regarding homosexuality as compared to Taiwan.
