In QT’s case, the government appealed the Court of Appeal’s ruling in favor of QT in 2017, which resulted in July’s ruling by the Court of Final Appeal. In May 2017, a Hong Kong court granted spousal benefits to the same-sex partner of a civil servant, only for Hong Kong’s department of justice to appeal it weeks later. The government’s decision marks an important victory for LGBT rights in the city, and is particularly significant as the Hong Kong government has on multiple occasions stymied the development of such rights.
