Tung Lok Games will be held next year, Taiwan becomes the first region to deny entry to Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Gay Games (Gay Games, also known as the Gay Games) will be held next year. Following the earlier Legislative Council Member He Junyao’s remarks on "disrespectful and dirty money", the Taiwan Gay Games Development Association Saturday (7th) It issued a statement saying that it was worried that the Hong Kong authorities would not be able to ensure the safety of Taiwanese athletes. It announced that it would not consider sending a national team to Hong Kong to compete in Hong Kong, becoming the first region that refused to come to Hong Kong to compete.

Taiwan LGBT Association: Cannot ensure the safety and rights of athletes

The Taiwan Gay Sports Development Association (TGSMA) issued a statement on its official facebook at 9 o’clock on Saturday, and has always supported Hong Kong as the first region in Asia to host the Tongle Games. However, based on the personal safety of Taiwan’s athletes as the association’s primary consideration, Hong Kong will The election of a new chief executive has made Hong Kong’s holding of the Fun Games uncertain. With the inadequate protection of the rights and safety of Taiwan’s athletes, coupled with the "One China" policy, Taiwan’s national flag and country name are believed to be It is "Chinese Taipei" rather than "Taiwan", so it is considered not to send a representative team to participate in the Fun Games.

The statement also stated that the association will not take the initiative to lead the team, but understands that some athletes in Taiwan want to participate, so they will do their best to provide assistance.

The Taiwan Gay Sports Development Association stated on the fb official website that it would not send a national team to participate.

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In 2016, Hong Kong won the right to host the Tongle Games among 17 competing cities. It will host the event from November 11 to 19 next year, becoming the first city in Asia to have such a global sports event. However, many establishments have made legislation. At the Legislative Council meeting earlier, members of the Council involved the sports event in same-sex marriage and urged the government not to provide support. Otherwise, it would be the same as "promoting the legality of same-sex marriage." Among them, He Junyao even denounced the event as "decent" and even pointed out: " I don’t want to make a lot of money.” Afterwards, it caused great public repercussions. The Chairman of the Equal Opportunities Commission, Zhu Minjian, also did not name and criticize some people who overreacted and digressed, thinking that they should use peaceful words to express their opinions, rather than using labelling or stigmatization. adjective.

Earlier, Ho Junyao directly denounced in the Legislative Council that hosting a gay sports event was "disrespectful," and even described the proceeds of the event as "dirty money." The incident caused great repercussions in society.

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Tung Lok Games successfully rented 21 private venues to hold events, emphasizing compliance with the government's epidemic prevention regulations. Different opinions, practice, tolerance, and commendatory members who oppose the government's intervention in the Fun Games Ho Junyao: Do ​​you want to stop the Fun Games for dirty money? Will be held in November next year Liu Mingwei hopes to bring growth to Hong Kong's economy and tourism industry

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