Lesbian Spaces in Hong Kong

In order to understand lesbian spaces in Hong Kong, one needs to examine the meanings and cultural aspects of lesbian desires in an urban environment. Chinese lesbian sexualities vary in different historical, social and cultural contexts. In this chapter, the author defines lesbian desires as erotic and romantic relations that exist among women who may or may not take up sexual identities based on those desires. Since the reversion of Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997 there has been a proliferation of research by Hong Kong scholars into female same-sex sexualities in Hong Kong. For many lesbians, meeting online through social media websites such as Facebook, Leztalk, and Queer Sisters Forum is an everyday practice. Queer Sisters is a social support group for queer women and has been active in holding workshops and public seminars, producing media materials on issues related to sexualities, discrimination and counselling.