Yiu-Tung Suen
Country
China
Birth - Death
Occupation
Academic
Description
Assistant Professor of Gender Studies at Chinese University of Hong Kong, and with the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing. 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. 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 (LGBTQ) 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 research programme in Hong Kong dedicated to studying LGBTQ related laws and social policies.