Top Hong Kong court backs housing rights for gay couples<br /><br />Hong Kong's top court on Tuesday, November 26, upheld three earlier rulings that favored granting public housing and inheritance rights to married same-sex couples, citing equality provisions in the city's mini-constitution, known as the Basic Law.<br /><br />The unanimous ruling by Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal is the latest legal victory for the city's LGBTQ+ community since 2023.<br /><br />The government's challenge to the top court came after the lower Court of Appeal earlier upheld rulings in favor of granting same-sex couples who married overseas subsidized housing rights and inheritance rights in three cases. <br /><br />REUTERS VIDEO<br /><br />Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe <br />Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net <br /> <br />Follow us: <br />Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook <br />Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram <br />Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter <br />DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion <br /> <br />Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital <br />Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters<br /> <br />Check out our Podcasts: <br />Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify <br />Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts <br />Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic <br />Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer <br />Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein<br /> <br />#themanilatimes<br />#worldnews<br />#lgbt <br />#hongkong
