Horizons
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Serving people affected by sexual orientation issues since 1992

Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Description：
A year has passed and we have been counting the days until the festival frenzy starts all over again. It’s here now! The Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival 2005 returns with 53 films/videos presented in 50 screenings. For this year, the theme of the Festival is Open Up! Take a deep breath and let it all out. Treat yourself to a movie night out and hop over to a Festival party for a drink or two. Open your mind and choose a film that you won’t normally go for. Take a bold step out of your comfort zone.

Transgender Equality and Acceptance Movement
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To act as a support group for pre- and post-operative transsexuals, as well as non-operative transsexuals and those questioning their gender identity.
To act as an advocacy group on government and society to allow transgendered people to be treated equally in law and within society.
To encourage a community amongst transgendered people in Hong Kong, and to assist with the provision of social activities to enhance that community.

Chi Heng Foundation
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To create a harmonious, equal, and healthy society by funding and operating projects in education and care for children and adults impacted by AIDS, AIDS prevention and anti-discrimination

Equal Opportunities Commission
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The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) is a statutory body set up in 1996 to implement the Sex Discrimination Ordinance (SDO), the Disability Discrimination Ordinance (DDO) and the Family Status Discrimination Ordinance (FSDO).

The Commission works towards the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of sex, marital status, pregnancy, disability and family status.

We also aim to eliminate sexual harassment, and harassment and vilification on the ground of disability. We promote equality of opportunities between men and women, between persons with and without a disability and irrespective of family status.

Office of Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
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Our mission is to secure the protection of privacy of the individual with respect to personal data through promotion, monitoring and supervision of compliance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.

Office of the Ombudsman
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Through independent, objective and impartial investigation, to redress grievances and address issues arising from maladministration in the public sector and bring about improvement in the quality and standard of and promote fairness in public administration

Consumer Council
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To achieve recognition as an organisation providing quality service for consumers and playing a proactive role in the furtherance of consumer rights and interests.

Independent Police Complaints Council
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The IPCC is an independent advisory council appointed by the Chief Executive to monitor and review the investigations by the Complaints Against Police Office of complaints made against the Police by the public.

Women's Commission
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The Women's Commission was set up on 15 January 2001 as a central mechanism to promote the well-being and interests of women in Hong Kong. It plays a strategic role in advising Government on policy direction on women issues.

Legal Aid Department
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Our mission is to ensure that any person who has reasonable grounds for taking or defending a legal action is not prevented from doing so by lack of means.

Judiciary
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To maintain an independent and competent judicial system which upholds the rule of law, safeguards the rights and freedoms of the individual, and commands domestic and international confidence.

Home Affairs Bureau
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In partnership with the community, we are committed to –
facilitating the administration of Hong Kong in line with changing needs and aspirations


fostering the spirit of community participation in public affairs


building Hong Kong as a vibrant, caring and harmonious community


enriching life through supporting and promoting the development of the arts, culture, sports and recreation, preservation of cultural heritage and beautification of the environment

Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Unit
Description：
manage and monitor the Equal Opportunities (Sexual Orientation) Funding Scheme;


set up and maintain a hotline for enquiries and complaints in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity;


provide secretariat support to the Sexual Minorities Forum and implement any work plan decided by it;


launch publicity and education programmes to promote equal opportunities for people of different sexual orientation and gender identity; and


conduct research on issues regarding sexual orientation and gender identity.

Amnesty International Hong Kong
Description：
Amnesty International (AI) is the world's largest human rights organisation with over 1,000,000 members
worldwide. We work to promote the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. AI focuses on preventing and ending grave abuses of rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination.

Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor
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Established in April 1995, the Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor is an independent, non-partisan organisation rooted in the local community. We aim to promote better human rights protection in Hong Kong, both in terms of law and of practical life, and to encourage greater human rights awareness through education.

Hong Kong Human Rights Commission
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We are a non-governmental, community based organization which promotes human rights development through monitoring and public education, by advocating law reforms, improvements in complaints channels and networking with others who share our concern over human rights in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Christian Institute
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To gather concerned Christians together and enable them to make a continuing contribution to Hong Kong and the Church in Hong Kong

Association for the Advancement of Feminism
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to promote understanding and concern about problems faced by women and to eliminate discrimination against women.
to fight for women's rights and to promote women's welfare to ensure the free development of women's personality, potential, and full opportunities in social participation.
to work for the conscientisation and for the advancement of feminism to help bring about equality for both sexes.

Hong Kong Women Christian Council
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The Hong Kong Women Christian Council (HKWCC) was established in 1988 in response to the World Council of Churches' (WCC) Ecumenical Decade of Churches in Solidarity with Women (1988-1998). For the last fifteen years, we have gathered women and men within the Church to fight for social justice and women's rights, to develop and promote feminist theology and to stand together with the marginalized community. We also concern greatly on the social-political development in Hong Kong and the renewal of the Church.

St. John's Cathedral Counselling Service
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The Samaritans
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The Samaritans Multi-Lingual Service Hong Kong is a non-religious charity that provides confidential emotional support to any person, irrespective of race, creed, age or status, who is despairing or suicidal. We operate a 24 hour hotline service in English and Cantonese, although amongst our volunteers we have speakers of many other languages including Mandarin, Urdu, Hindi, Spanish, and Korean.

Hong Kong Family Planning Association Service Hotline
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To advocate and promote sexual and reproductive health and to provide related information, education and services for individuals, families and the community.

American Civil Liberties Union
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The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty. We work daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Our job is to conserve America's original civic values - the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
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Founded in 1973, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation (the Task Force) was the first national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights and advocacy organization and remains the movement's leading voice for freedom, justice, and equality. We work to build the grassroots political strength of our community by training state and local activists and leaders, working to strengthen the infrastructure of state and local allies, and organizing broad-based campaigns to build public support for complete equality for LGBT people.

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
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The mission of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) is to secure the full enjoyment of the human rights of all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual orientation or expression, gender identity or expression, and/or HIV status. A US-based non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO), IGLHRC effects this mission through advocacy, documentation, coalition building, public education, and technical assistance.

Gay Law Net
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Gay Law Net is dedicated to providing general information, news and resources concerning the law as it affects the global gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and intersex (GLBTI) community and the simplest access to a gay or lesbian (or gay or lesbian-friendly) lawyer.

Equal Marriage
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The issue of full and equal marriage for gays and lesbians was at the forefront of discussion in Canada from 2000 to 2005. Our marriage, in a double ceremony with our friends Anne and Elaine Vautour, at the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto, on January 14, 2001, was front-page news across the country, and was reported around the world. It was the beginning of the end of marriage discrimination in Canada.

Freedom To Marry
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Freedom to Marry is the gay and non-gay partnership working to win marriage equality nationwide. Headed by Evan Wolfson, one of America's leading civil rights advocates and lawyers, Freedom to Marry brings new resources and a renewed context of urgency and opportunity to this social justice movement. Freedom to Marry brings the work of its partner organizations into a larger whole, a shared civil rights campaign that fosters heightened outreach to non-gay allies.

Lambda Legal
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Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.

Stonewall
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Stonewall was founded in 1989 by women and men who had been active in the struggle against Section 28 of the Local Government Act. Their aim was to create a professional lobbying group that would prevent such attacks on lesbians, gay men and bisexuals ever occurring again and to put the case for equality on the mainstream political agenda by winning support within all the political parties.

Press For Change
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This site is here to publicise the work of Press for Change, and to support all those who are interested in achieving basic human rights for a group of UK citizens who have done nothing more than to be different ... and to undergo a prescribed medical treatment.

A sea change in public understanding in recent years has meant that nowadays it's rarely necessary to explain to people that transsexuality is an internationally recognised condition, and not a form of sexual or political rebellion. Yet few people actually appreciate that over the last 30-40 years, more than 5,000 people in Britain have successfully transitioned between the genders ... for the simple reason that most of them have blended invisibly into ordinary society. More importantly though, only a very small number of people are really aware of the needless and damaging bureaucratic obstinacy that such people face during and after their transition, and the fact that this quiet and invisible group of people are among the most cruelly discriminated of all citizens in the United Kingdom.

Human Rights Campaign
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As America’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, the Human Rights Campaign provides a national voice on GLBT issues. HRC effectively lobbies Congress, mobilizes grassroots action in diverse communities, invests strategically to elect a fair-minded Congress, and increases public understanding through innovative education and communication strategies.

HRC is a bipartisan organization that works to advance equality based on sexual orientation and gender expression and identity to ensure that GLBT Americans can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community.

Human Rights Watch
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Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.

We stand with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice.

We investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable.

We challenge governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law.

We enlist the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all.

Amnesty International
Description：
Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.

AI’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.

In pursuit of this vision, AI’s mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.

International Lesbian and Gay Law Association
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The International Lesbian and Gay Law Association (ILGLaw) unites people around the world who are dedicated to the principle of equality under the law for lesbians and gay men, and bisexual and transgendered persons.

International Lesbian and Gay Association
Description：
The International Lesbian and Gay Association is a world-wide network of national and local groups dedicated to achieving equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people everywhere.

Founded in 1978, it now has more than 400 member organisations. Every continent and around 90 countries are represented. ILGA member groups range from small collectives to national groups and entire cities.

ILGA is to this day the only international non-profit and non-governmental community-based federation focused on presenting discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation as a global issue.