Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s gay and lesbian community rallied on Saturday night, bringing drag queens and disco beats to the strife-torn city after police banned the annual gay pride march.

As Taiwan became the first city in Asia to legislate for marriage equality this year, prominent LGBTQ activists in Hong Kong have instead been on the frontline of the democracy movement.

Jimmy Sham is convenor of the Civil Human Rights Front which had organised marches that drew 1 million people onto the streets in June to oppose ban extradition bill. Credit:Kirsty Needham

Police only permitted an assembly to be held on the harbourfront.

Jimmy Sham, convener of the Civil Human Rights Front which organised marches that drew 1 million people onto the streets in June, was there on crutches.