| Issue | Legality | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | | Same-sex sexual activity legal | ✅ (Since 1991) | | Equal age of consent | ✅ (Since 2006) | | Anti-discrimination | | | Anti-discrimination laws in employment | ❌ | | Anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services | ❌ | | Anti-discrimination laws in all other areas (incl. indirect discrimination, hate speech) | ❌ | | Same-sex marriage(s) | ❌ [citation](http://www.hklii.hk/eng/hk/legis/ord/181/s40.html) | | Recognition of same-sex couples | ✅ /❌ [Since Sept 2025](https://legalref.judiciary.hk/lrs/common/ju/ju_frame.jsp?DIS=154774) | | Step-child adoption by same-sex couples | ✅ [Since 2021](http://hongkongfp.com/2021/06/11/hong-kongs-lgbt-community-hails-step-forward-as-court-grants-parental-rights-for-same-sex-partners/) | | Joint adoption by same-sex couples | ❌ [citation](https://web.archive.org/web/20170516112417/https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/2094429/army-life-more-gay-friendly-china-west) | | Adoption by single people regardless of sexual orientation | ❌ | | Gays and lesbians allowed to serve openly in the military | Not applicable / not prohibited by law (PLA is responsible for national defence) | | Right to change legal gender | ✅ [citation](http://www.hklii.hk/eng/hk/cases/hkcfa/2013/39.html) | | Access to IVF for lesbians | ❌ | | Commercial surrogacy for gay male couples | ❌ [citation](http://www.hklii.hk/eng/hk/legis/ord/561/s14.html) | | [MSMs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_who_have_sex_with_men "Men who have sex with men") allowed to donate blood | ✅ [since 2017, 1 year deferral period](http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2111241/relaxed-rules-allow-gay-men-hong-kong-donate-blood) |