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Transgender pastor defies Hong Kong court

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A transgender pastor in Hong Kong has vowed to officiate same-sex marriages despite a High Court ruling which fails to assure he will not be arrested.

62-year-old Marrz Balaoro is a Filipino domestic helper who moved to Hong Kong in 1981 and began socially transitioning to a man at 12.

Since then Balaoro has been running a proverbial underground railroad for LGBTQI couples. He was arrested in 2017 after he was found holding marriage ceremonies in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Straight (LGBTS) Christian Church, which he founded in 2014.

Despite holding the weddings in secret, Balaoro eventually filed a judicial review case with the Hong Kong High Court in May last year in hopes of winning the right to hold Christian marriages

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