Joanne Leung Wing-yan [1] is the first openly transgender politician in Hong Kong.
Assigned male at birth, Leung underwent sex-reassignment surgery in 2009 to become legally recognized as a woman. She was the chairperson of Pink Alliance [2] [1] until 2017 and is the founder and chairperson of Transgender Resource Center (TGR), [3] [4] two active non-governmental organizations that aim to service the LGBT community and promote LGBT equality. Leung is a transgender lesbian. [5]
Leung has stated that she first knew she was a woman at the age of six. [1] As a child, she faced bullying and kept her gender struggles to herself. [6] Hiding her transgender identity led to four attempted suicides. [1] In 2004, she consulted a sex clinic to find about sexual reassignment surgery. [1] In 2009, she underwent the operation. [7]
Leung's stated goal is for Hong Kong society to learn more about transsexual and transgender individuals. [8] Passionate about LGBT rights in Hong Kong, Leung strives to ensure other transgender people avoid facing the struggles she herself endured, especially regarding the limited resources on gender identity in Hong Kong. [9] She helped set up the Transgender Resource Centre (TGR), an organisation that supports transgender individuals and provides education about transgender issues. [10] Leung works with TGR on a full-time basis. [1]
In 2014, Leung received her degree in computing from the University of Greenwich. [1] Also in 2014, she spoke to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), and was the first transgender person from Hong Kong to do so. [11] Leung was openly vocal in her opposition to an amendment to the Marriage Ordinance which would require transgender individuals to have sex reassignment surgery before they could marry. [12] Leung has also been a member of the Advisory Group on Eliminating Discrimination against Sexual Minorities, a group convened by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government, and the Community Forum on AIDS. In 2015, Leung joined the Democratic Party in Hong Kong to modernize the party's stance on LGBT issues. [7] She ran in the party primaries of 2016 Hong Kong Legislative election, but was defeated by Lam Cheuk-ting, who subsequently won in the general election. She has been the Policy Committee (LGBT) for The Professional Commons since November 2018.
On 17 May 2019, Leung founded Transgender Resource Center during the IDAHOT event in Hong Kong. After stepping down as chairman the role was given to Henry Tse with Leung staying on as vice-chair. Tse resigned in October 2020 and Leung stepped up again remotely in Taiwan while continuing her master's degree in gender studies.
Leung, J. W. Y., & Cheung, E. (2025). Heteronormativity and Cisnormativity within the Trans Community in Hong Kong. In P. R. Su, T. Y. Ho, S. Zhang, & Z. Nicolazzo (Eds.), Becoming in Global Trans Studies: Critical Approaches to Educational Theory, Methodology, Ethics, and Politics. New York: Routledge.
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Leung, J. (2015). Joanne: God’s Grace! – A sharing by a Transgender Christian Woman. In God’s Image, 34(2), 25-28. Retrieved from https://www.awrc4ct.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2015_2.pdf
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梁詠恩（2015）〈香港之跨性別運動前瞻及與社會之相互關係〉，黃慧貞、蔡寶瓊編《性/別政治與本土起義》，300–302。香港：商務印書館。
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