Summary Table
| Homosexuality legal | (since 1991) |
| Equal age of consent | (since 2006) |
| Domestic violence protecting covering same-sex cohabiting couples | (since 2009) |
| Anti-discrimination laws in employment | Protection conferred by the Bills of Rights Ordinance, but only applicable to employment related to governmental agencies or NGO |
| Anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services | Protection conferred by the Bills of Rights Ordinance, but only applicable to services provided by the government |
| Anti-discrimination laws in all other areas (incl. indirect discrimination, hate speech) | No specific laws targeting hate crimes directed against the LGBT community, but the Hong Kong Police force can still charge anyone found intimidating any person irrespective of the victim's sexuality, under section 24 of the Crimes Ordinance |
| Same-sex marriage(s) | |
| Recognition of same-sex couples | |
| Both joint and step adoption by same-sex couples or single gay person | Single person irrespective of sexual orientation are eligible to initiate the Pre-adoption process with the Social Welfare Department |
| Gays allowed to serve in the military | not applicable, see Military of Hong Kong |
| Right to change legal gender | Change of legal gender allowed and can be done through government sponsored hospital. After transition, one can acquire a new Id card and passport portending the new gender |
| Access to IVF for lesbians | Service provided by Hospital not funded by the Hong Kong Treasury |
| MSMs allowed to donate blood | After a 12 month deferal |
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