Ricky, 31 years old, is an accounting clerk. For freedom, he is willing to leave his home in Hong Kong. As part of the first cohort of the United Kingdom’s “Leave outside the Immigration Rules” (LOTR) program, he hopes to offer help from afar to those who feel trapped. He was diagnosed with depression a few years ago and spent a long time in treatment. He now wants to raise public awareness for mood disorders.
Read MoreKoale is a Canadian HongKonger in her mid 20s and is a physiotherapist working at a hospital. She was born in Canada but has strong family and social ties to Hong Kong. As a teenager she was diagnosed with PCOS, a hormonal condition that can affect a person’s weight. Over the years, she has worked to prioritise her own needs and promote better understanding of body image issues.
Read MoreDespite his young age, Hin has already been arrested twice. Even with several charges on him, he still stands as the vanguard of numerous protests without fear. For the sake of Hong Kong, he brushes off the many insults and taunts thrown at him by the Hong Kong Police Force.
Read MoreHis name is Ricky. Arriving in Hong Kong as a stowaway, he experienced the glorious era of the 1980s while leading a life of luxury and dissipation. However, it was marriage and family that transformed him from a boy into a man.
Read MoreKeyboard Warrior is a post-80s HongKonger who became a fulltime housewife in June 2019. Due to the anti-extradition movement, her relationship with her family changed drastically. Her husband has very different values and she reconsiders whether she should have children under the current situation in Hong Kong.
Read MoreDante, 24, is the founder of the group Syun Mahn which designs promotional materials for the Anti-ELAB Movement. He is also a volunteer driver and the admin for a group that coordinates supplies. He narrates the experience of being kicked out of his home, but he has no regrets in participating in the movement.
Read MoreShrimp is a 17-year-old secondary school student who used to be a frontline protester. At the beginning of this year, he was persecuted by the Police Force. In the face of white terror, Shrimp made the difficult decision to go into exile. Before he left, he wanted shared a few words with his fellow HongKongers.
Read MoreBarry is in his 50s, and is working in public relations for an international brand. He married his husband, Fred, in Canada 10 years ago and they have been together for over 20 years. They own a gay bar in SOHO, Hong Kong. Barry has come out to his family, friends and colleagues with one regret. Find out why he regrets not coming out to his mom before she passed away in 2002.
Read MoreAlfred Wong is a cardiologist in a Hong Kong public hospital. In order to protect his family, he moved away to stay in a hotel, and has only seen his wife a few times so far.
Read MoreCave Bliss is an Australian in her 40s. Her husband is currently living and working in Hong Kong. Find out how they were swept up in a protest in their neighbourhood and how this experience galvanised their fight alongside HongKongers.
Read MoreSending dad to the hospital was my idea, a decision that gave him the final nudge off the precipice, a decision for which I blame myself. I change my working environment every once in a while because I don’t want to become a cog in the current medical system. Humans are supposed to have feelings—how can we treat our work as just a job when lives are at stake, especially when the people we serve are so vulnerable?
Read MoreI often thought, “What if someone sees us? Will they think that we’re disgusting?” Am I disgusting? I saw being gay as a huge problem that needed to be solved. And now, I don’t focus so much on seeing it as a ‘problem’, although it is something that I am still working on. Self discovery and acceptance require courage and a caring community, and I was lucky enough to have both.
Read MoreI still cannot say that we have sent out the right messages to 'click' with most Canadians to their heart. Some people say they support Hong Kong; others wonder why. We just have too many stories to tell; there are too many things happening. That's the real problem.
Read MoreThe crux of the problem is that Hongkongers see no future. They are terrified of what will happen in 2047. We have been protesting since the handover in 1997. We have given the government many chances to implement changes. Yet, time and again, they have failed us. What more can we do? What more should we do?
Read MoreHe was once soaked in blue dye from the water cannon. I was miserable. That’s my son! I don’t want him to get hurt. Yet I know that I can’t stop him from heading out just because he is my son. What about someone else’s son?
Read MoreI am an introvert. I don’t like to stand out, never wanted to be the first to speak and was not very sociable. However, after staying behind the scenes for many years, I feel like I’m at a bottleneck and need to break my own limits. Having witnessed our representatives’ candidacies disqualified, I understand that no one can represent myself.
Read MoreWhen we pay the price for something which has no value, it is effectively a forced or even wasteful act, and definitely does not constitute the kind of sacrifice mentioned by the women at the airport. Who hasn't heard the verdict that boycotting at school is just a waste of time and will simply let down your parents? But if they believe they are fighting for something valuable, then they are not sacrificing anything, but rather it is a means to strive for what they want.
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