Henry Edward Tse and other advocates continue to protest the stalled implementation of the ruling allowing trans people change their legal gender.
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00:00 As an activist, I would carry on my work and resist as far as I can to do as much as I
00:16 can to achieve trans equality on the land of Hong Kong.
00:27 I started to get into all these sort of problems because in Hong Kong, the role of the ID card
00:53 is very central.
00:55 The police have the power to ask you to present your ID.
01:00 You need it basically everywhere.
01:04 I'm not recognised as a man, but also I'm not female, so it's literally impossible for
01:11 me to use bathroom in a public place because it would be illegal for me to use either of
01:16 them.
01:17 It would be the crime of loitering, so essentially I'm excluded from all the gender segregated
01:25 spaces.
01:27 The government has a long track record of implementing transphobic policies.
01:37 You have to have multiple surgeries and it's very likely that you develop complications
01:47 and I didn't feel the need to have that.
01:50 It's medically unnecessary for me.
02:05 Especially in the political landscape of Hong Kong, change comes so slowly.
02:11 You win the case and things still don't get implemented.
02:16 I still haven't been able to change my ID card.
02:20 You really have to find a way in order to sustain yourself, to keep pushing and not
02:27 giving up.
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