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Oct 17, 2006
Articles: Hong Kong Gay Sex Law Dead
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By VZ
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(Hong Kong) The government of Hong Kong has decided not to appeal a landmark ruling that struck down the former British colony's sodomy law. The South China Post reports that the government has decided to allow the ruling to stand, a move that officially allows the old law to die. Under the legislation gay men caught engaging in sodomy when either was under 21 faced life imprisonment, heterosexual couples could legally have sex at age 16. The law was challenged in 2005 by William Roy Leung, a then 20-year-old gay man who argued he should be able to have a loving relationship without the fear of imprisonment.
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