Yiu-tung Suen

Yiu-tung Suen (DPhil in Sociology, Swire Scholar, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford) is Associate Professor of Gender Studies, and of Public Health and Primary Care (by courtesy), at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received the Young Researcher Award (2020) of the CUHK, and Exemplary Teaching Award in the Faculty of Social Sciences (2022) of the CUHK, in recognition of excellence in research as well as teaching.

He is a leading researcher in Asia who researches the impact of sexual orientation and gender identity related laws and policies (and the lack thereof) on the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other sexual and gender minorities (LGBT+) people themselves, the organisations they work in, as well as the societies they live in. He founded and directs the Sexualities Research Programme, the first and foremost research programme in Hong Kong dedicated to studying LGBT+ related laws and social policies.

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