{"id":157235,"date":"2019-06-24T07:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T23:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/?p=157235"},"modified":"2021-08-18T10:03:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T02:03:08","slug":"pink-season-interview-director-philip-howell-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/pink-season-interview-director-philip-howell-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip Howell-Williams from Pink Season chats about equality and gay rights in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Honeycombers, we celebrate diversity with our favourite <a href=\"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/lgbtq-movies-recommendations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBTQ movies<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/queer-artists-on-instagram-lgbtq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">queer artists<\/a>\u00a0and opinion pieces on topics like <a href=\"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/coming-out-to-asian-parents-why-it-is-hard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coming out in Hong Kong<\/a>. And we reckon it\u2019s important to support gay rights by attending local events to help raise awareness. Pink Alliance &#8211; one of the most well-known charitable institutions in Hong Kong &#8211; was set up about twelve years ago as a communication group and channel between different LGBT groups that do advocacy work and run events, and the local LGBT festival Pink Season came out of it.<\/p>\n<h3>Interview with Philip Howell-Williams from Pink Season<\/h3>\n<p>Having been nominated three times for the Hong Kong LGBT+ Inclusion Awards, Pink Season finally won the LGBT+ Community Impact Award in 2018. Returning for its 9th event later this year, we chatted with director of Pink Season Philip Howell-Williams regarding equality in Hong Kong and what awaits us at this year\u2019s Pink Season.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_157180\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157180\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-157180 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/07\/Pink-Season-Philip-Howell-Williams-lgbt-organisation.jpg\" alt=\"Pink Season Philip Howell Williams lgbt organisation\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/07\/Pink-Season-Philip-Howell-Williams-lgbt-organisation.jpg 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/07\/Pink-Season-Philip-Howell-Williams-lgbt-organisation.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/07\/Pink-Season-Philip-Howell-Williams-lgbt-organisation.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/600;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Howell-Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>What is Pink Season?<\/h3>\n<p>Pink Season is a registered charity and a five-week long festival which supports and helps the LGBT community, and we have all sorts of event, such as sports, theatre, art, educational seminars, kids events. It runs from the end of September to November.<\/p>\n<p>This year we\u2019re trying to create new events and streamline it. One of them is Career Day, in which we\u2019ll be working with the Queer Straight Alliance, the university group, to talk about basic life skills in the workplace. There will be representatives from different sectors as well, so graduates can talk to them. We\u2019ve got quite a number of companies involved, such as The British Council and LinkedIn, so we think an event like that is going to be positive.<\/p>\n<p>And we always do events about health. We work with charities like AIDS Concern, and this year it\u2019s going to have a very strong focus upon mental health and suicidal awareness. There will also be fun events like a Sports Day and a Variety Night with drag queen workshops.<\/p>\n<h3>What are the challenges you guys face with Pink Season?<b> <\/b><\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019d be working with the local community. When you\u2019re an expat, you come here and you come out, it\u2019s not that big of a story. But with the local community, quite often you find that people aren\u2019t out at work or at home, the only time they can really be themselves is when they\u2019re with their friends on a Friday night. It\u2019s kinda hidden in the crowd, so we\u2019re trying to break into the local community to let them know that the resources are there for them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_157232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157232\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-157232 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/07\/Pink-Season-Hong-Kong-LGBT-festival-gay-rights.jpg\" alt=\"Pink Season Hong Kong LGBT festival gay rights\" width=\"900\" height=\"617\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/07\/Pink-Season-Hong-Kong-LGBT-festival-gay-rights.jpg 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/07\/Pink-Season-Hong-Kong-LGBT-festival-gay-rights.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/07\/Pink-Season-Hong-Kong-LGBT-festival-gay-rights.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/07\/Pink-Season-Hong-Kong-LGBT-festival-gay-rights.jpg 460w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/617;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pink Season Hong Kong 2016 (Photography: Pink Season \u7c89\u7d05\u5929 via Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Apart from sexuality, do you guys make sure other systemic issues and factors like race and class are taken into consideration?<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s a general problem when you look at equality, diversity and inclusion as a whole. There are people which are always going to be not as recognised as others, sadly. What we\u2019re trying to do at Pink Season is to overcome that, and we\u2019re really focusing upon minority groups within the LGBT community this year at Pink Season. So we\u2019re working with migrant worker groups and charities, to try to help and support the LGBT domestic helpers here.<\/p>\n<h3>Even within the queer community, transgenders are often discriminated against the most. What\u2019s the situation here in Hong Kong?<\/h3>\n<p>There is a transgender resource centre in Mong Kok and various different groups which do specific work, like the Equal Opportunities Commission. Regarding transgender rights, there was a case here a few years ago. The court case said that the transgender lady should be recognised in her new gender. However, for somebody to be recognised in their gender, they have to have reassignment surgery according to the government, which is basically telling someone that they\u2019re not recognised. You can\u2019t force people to have quite incredible invasive and dangerous surgery. Again, the fight goes on. But they\u2019re definitely included and the rights are being formed for them.<\/p>\n<h3>How can the public help in regards to raising awareness of equality?<\/h3>\n<p>Participate in the events. There is Pride March in November, Pink Dot in October. Just taking part in these events with family and friends is good for bringing awareness. It helps break down some of the preconception about what the community is.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_157178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157178\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-157178 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/07\/Pink-Season-Philip-Howell-Williams-lgbt-organisation-interview.jpg\" alt=\"Pink Season Philip Howell Williams lgbt organisation interview\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/07\/Pink-Season-Philip-Howell-Williams-lgbt-organisation-interview.jpg 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/07\/Pink-Season-Philip-Howell-Williams-lgbt-organisation-interview.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/07\/Pink-Season-Philip-Howell-Williams-lgbt-organisation-interview.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/600;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pink Season does a lot of educational work to help younger people come out at home, at work and with education<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Do you think that Hong Kong is heading in a more positive direction?<\/h3>\n<p>With Hong Kong, it\u2019s always one step forward, one step back. Things are changing, there was a recent survey released from the Hong Kong University showing that over the last five years, the general public\u2019s opinion on whether same sex marriage should be allowed in Hong Kong has gone up from 38 per cent to 52 per cent. As the younger generation gets old, there will be a more liberal view. It will naturally progress but it takes time.<\/p>\n<p>Opinions do change slowly over time. Look back in the UK the way television has progressed. When I came out, Queer as Folk came on television and it was the most complained about television programme in the whole history of television in the UK. It was seen as completely over the top and disgusting to many people. And it\u2019s fairly common place to have gay characters, gay presenters and contestants on television. Even though it\u2019s not at that stage yet in Hong Kong, we\u2019re talking about twenty years and things have progressed.<\/p>\n<p>Keep up-to-date with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PinkSeason.HK\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pink Season<\/a> here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Honeycombers, we celebrate diversity with our favourite LGBTQ movies and queer artists\u00a0and opinion pieces on topics like coming out in Hong Kong. And we reckon it\u2019s important to support gay rights by attending local events to help raise awareness. 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