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A radio show promoting LGBTQ equality will end its 17-year run at Hong Kong’s public broadcaster on Sunday, with station management citing “changes in the program” as the reason for cancellation.
Featuring a mix of chitchat, news, and guest interviews, the show was a rare platform that advocated gay rights in the Chinese city and its 2006 debut broke the mold at the public broadcaster. “Being able to host this sort of program at a public broadcaster is itself a statement. If we can talk about homosexuality, sexual orientation on RTHK every week, that means… it’s not taboo,” Leung said.
Most recently, Hong Kong’s top court is processing a challenge against the city’s restrictive marriage laws brought by activist Jimmy Sham, who is among a group of opposition figures on trial for subversion. “For a traditional platform like RTHK, this program was more or less walking a tightrope,” Leung told AFP in an interview hours before the final show.
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