CONFIDENTIAL
HKK380/2
GRS 200
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 230450ØZ FEB 82
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 179 OF 23 FEBRUARY
YOUR TELNO 117. EMPLOYMENT OF HOMOSEXUALS IN CIVIL SERVICE.
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ADVICE FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS IS THAT AN AGGRESSIVE LESBIAN WHO INDECENTLY ASSAULTS AN UNWILLING FEMALE WOULD BE CHARGED UNDER SECTION 122 OF THE CRIMES ORDINANCE,
CAP 200 OF THE LAWS OF HONG KONG, AND THAT SUCH AN INDECENT ASSAULT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS A HOMOSEXUAL OFFENCE. FURTHER ADVICE IS THAT A FEMALE COULD IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES BE CONVICTED OF BUGGERY, EITHER AS A PRINCIPAL, AN ACCESSORY OR A PROCURER.
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IN RELATION TO PARAGRAPH 2 OF SECRRETARIAT CONFIDENTIAL aRCULAR 106/82, AND TO THE LAST SENTENCE IN YOUR TELEGRAM, THE SITUATION IS THEREFORE THAT, ALTHOUGH HOMOSEXUALITY OF LESBIANISM ARE NOT CRIMES IN THEMSELVES, CERTAIN ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH MALE AND FEMALE HOMOSEXUALS ARE CRIMINAL OFFENCES, AND THAT THE POLICY RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF HOMOSEXUALS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE SHOULD APPLY EQUALLY TO BOTH MALE AND FEMALE HOMOSEXUALS AS THEY ARE ALL VULNERABLE TO SOCIAL PRESSURES AND POSSIBLY ALSO TO BLACKMAIL, WHETHER OR NOT
A CRIMINAL CONVICTION IS OBTAINED.
MACLEHOSE
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