 
I'm
Joanne
 
the Chairperson of TGR,
or the Transgender Resource Center in Hong Kong
And the two next to me are our new comittee members
 
 
And so
TGR has been active
for over 10 years now.
Recently, we've opened up
a physical space for TGR at a street stall location.
When the Center was first opened,
a lot of people thought that we would get harassed.
Actually, for us to be so close
to the general public in Hong Kong
it's a dream that's shared by many LGBTQ+ organizations here.
Well, a very kind hearted person
lent us this location for the Center.
Because of that, we got enough courage to
open the Transgender Resource Center.
After about 10 months in,
we've actually communicated with a lot of the locals who live nearby, they have been quite nice to us
it has been a bit of a social experiment.
When we first opened the Center at this location, we knew it wasn't going to be a long term thing.
The location is leased to us by the kind person until
September 12th this year (2018)
Well, it's about time
and we have a week and a bit before we move out of this location.
 
But as you can see,
we have new committee members now
and I'm really happy that, through our efforts,
we've found new people that are willing to actively engage
in the Transgender movement here in Hong Kong.
Let's hope
this time our fundraising efforts
can gain more
support from more people.
So these young folks can continue,
in Hong Kong
to raise awareness against the stigma that society
has on gender.
And help more people understand and be more informed
about Hong Kong's transgender individuals
and to help them have a better quality of life.
We've also collected and gathered a lot of different stories
and will be launching a book
Yeah.
Transtory.
Mhm.
We'll be focusing on stories on Transmen this time.
Do you know why that is?
It's because Transmen (FtM/female-to-male) aren't as visible to the general public.
 
A lot of the time in Hong Kong, most people
have only heard of
Transwomen (MtF/male-to-female).
Maybe it's possible because of the W case
(W v Registrar of Marriages court case)
A transwoman was involved in the case and I'm asked about the case in a lot of interviews.
But actually, in Hong Kong
there's also a lot of transmen that have been invisible
to the public, including their needs.
Recently we've been putting in effort to pitch for
anti-discrimination laws and changing gender marker without full SRS (Sexual Reassignment Surgery)
 
Let's hope.. Well the future lies with you guys!! :'D
(insert nervous laughter)
Okay so this time with fundraising, we're hoping
to raise enough funds to
re-open a smaller Center
to continue to provide our support services
and for our future
fight to enable gender marker change without full SRS (Sexual Reassignment Surgery)
and anti-discrimination laws.
We're hoping to be able to push for these things even harder when we have the resources to do so.
If we can get enough funding we're hoping to
hire a full time employee.
So I can step back a bit
and help these young folks continue to raise awareness about Transgender issues in Hong Kong.
 
This is our current situation at TGR.
 
Hope everyone can support us.
We'll work hard to raise awareness!!
And do more stuff geh!
Yeah we're going to try
to give money if we have money and strength if we have the muscle (Chinese.. acronym omg)
Please support us! You caan
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