In the last decade, the issue of homosexuality has been widely discussed and known in Hong Kong. People have more opportunities to approach the word `homosexuality' in their daily life through literatures, movies and occasional news revealing celebrities' homosexual behaviors. Simultaneously there has also been significant growth in commercial venues such as restaurants and bars, catering to gays and lesbians. In short, the social context of Hong Kong and the attitudes gays and lesbians are likely to hold about their sexual orientation are very different from those of previous generations.

However, this is not proper to indicate that the homosexual minority, which consists of 6 to 10 percent of population in Hong Kong society (Ammon, 2002), has had an equal position as other residents. (Some of the homosexuals encountered barriers and discriminations towards employments, promotions, housing applications and many of them dealt with some level of social ostracism. )The situation...