Holning Lau

University of North Carolina School of Law

Willie P. Mangum Distinguished Professor of Law

Van Hecke-Wettach Hall, 160 Ridge Road

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Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3380

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1.

Courts, the Law, and LGBT Rights in Asia

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Courts, the Law, and LGBT Rights in Asia

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics (2020), UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2023
Holning Lau
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Asia, sexual orientation, gender identity, LGBT rights, human rights

Asian Courts and LGBT Rights

Oxford Encyclopedia of LGBT Politics and Policy (Don Haider-Markel, ed.), Forthcoming, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 04 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2021
Holning Lau
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Asia, sexual orientation, gender identity, LGBT rights, human rights

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Gender Recognition as a Human Right

in: Andreas von Arnauld, Kerstin von der Decken & Mart Susi (eds.), The Cambridge Handbook on New Human Rights: Recognition, Novelty, Rhetoric (2020)., UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 20 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2023
Holning Lau
University of North Carolina School of Law
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gender recognition, gender identity, transgender, intersex, LGBTI

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研究表明香港市民雖較少支持同性婚姻，但多數支持同性伴侶權利 (Research Shows a Majority of People in Hong Kong Support Gay and Lesbian Couples’ Rights, Not Necessarily Marriage)

Briefing Paper, Centre for Comparative and Public Law (University of Hong Kong), 2014, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2374880
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 08 Jan 2014
Kelley Loper, Holning Lau and Charles Lau
University of Denver Sturm College of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law and RTI International
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Hong Kong, Public Opinion, Gay, Lesbian, Tongzhi, Same-sex, Marriage, Domestic Partnership, Civil Union, Civil Partnership

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Research Shows a Majority of People in Hong Kong Support Gay and Lesbian Couples’ Rights, Not Necessarily Marriage

Briefing Paper, Centre for Comparative and Public Law (University of Hong Kong), UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2374875, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2014/001
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 06 Jan 2014
Kelley Loper, Holning Lau and Charles Lau
University of Denver Sturm College of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law and RTI International
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Hong Kong, Public Opinion, Gay, Lesbian, Same-sex, Tongzhi, Marriage, Domestic Partnership, Civil Union, Civil Partnership

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香港市民過去四年（2013-2017 年）對同性伴侶權利的支持度有所提升, 目前超過半數市民支持同性婚姻 (Support in Hong Kong for Same-Sex Couples’ Rights Grew Over Four Years (2013-2017), Over Half of People in Hong Kong Now Support Same-Sex Marriage)

Briefing Paper (2018), Centre for Comparative and Public Law, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 06 Jul 2018
Holning Lau, Charles Lau, Kelley Loper and Yiu-tung Suen
University of North Carolina School of Law, RTI International, University of Denver Sturm College of Law and Gender Studies Programme
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香港, 同性婚姻, 性傾向歧視, 同性戀者, 同志

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Support in Hong Kong for Same-Sex Couples’ Rights Grew Over Four Years (2013-2017), Over Half of People in Hong Kong Now Support Same-Sex Marriage

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper, Briefing Paper (2018), The University of Hong Kong-Centre for Comparative and Public Law , University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series, No. 2018/037
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 06 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2018
Holning Lau, Charles Lau, Kelley Loper and Yiu-tung Suen
University of North Carolina School of Law, RTI International, University of Denver Sturm College of Law and Gender Studies Programme
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Hong Kong, Public Opinion, Gay, Lesbian, Same-sex, Tongzhi, Marriage, LGBT, LGBTI, SOGI, SOGISC

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Public Attitudes Towards Transgender People and Antidiscrimination Legislation

Kelley Loper, Holning Lau, Charles Lau and Yiu-Tung Suen, Public Attitudes Towards Transgender People and Antidiscrimination Legislation, Briefing Paper (2019), Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong., University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2019/035
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 03 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 28 May 2021
Kelley Loper, Holning Lau, Charles Lau and Yiu-tung Suen
University of Denver Sturm College of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law, RTI International and Gender Studies Programme
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Hong Kong, public attitudes, transgender, discrimination, human rights

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From Loving to Obergefell: Elevating the Significance of Discriminatory Effects

25 Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law 317 (2018), UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 26 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2019
Holning Lau
University of North Carolina School of Law
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equal protection, equality, discrimination, Loving, Obergefell, disparate impact

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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination

2(2) Comparative Discrimination Law 1-52 (2018), UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 26 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2021
Holning Lau
University of North Carolina School of Law
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discrimination, equality, comparative, sexual orientation, gender identity, LGBT, LGBTI, SOGI, SOGISC, Toonen, Obergefell, Fourie

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The Effects of Legally Recognizing Same-Sex Unions on Health and Well-Being

Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice, Vol. 29, p. 107, 2011, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1862320
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 13 Jun 2011
Holning Lau and Charles Q. Strohm
University of North Carolina School of Law and RTI International
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Legal Gender Recognition in Nepal and Comparative Context

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 28 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2023
Holning Lau and Mara Malagodi
University of North Carolina School of Law and University of Warwick - School of Law
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Nepal, Pant, Kapali, legal gender recognition, gender identity, transgender, third gender

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公眾對跨性別人士及保障跨性別人士的反歧視立法之民意調查 (Public Attitudes Towards Transgender People and Antidiscrimination Legislation)

Kelley Loper, Holning Lau, Charles Lau, Yiu-tung Suen, 公眾對跨性別人士及保障跨性別人士的反歧視立法之民意調查 (Public Attitudes Towards Transgender People and Antidiscrimination Legislation), Briefing Paper (2019), Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong., University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2019/034
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 03 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 28 May 2021
Kelley Loper, Holning Lau, Charles Lau and Yiu-tung Suen
University of Denver Sturm College of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law, RTI International and Gender Studies Programme
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Hong Kong, public attitudes, transgender, discrimination, human rights

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香港市民過去十年（2013-2023年）對同性伴侶權利的支持度有所提升: 目前六成市民支持同性婚姻 (Support in Hong Kong for Same-sex Couples’ Rights Grew Over Ten Years (2013-2023): 60 Percent Now Support Same-Sex Marriage)

Joing Briefing Paper of the Centre for Comparative and Public Law at the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong; the Sexualities Research Programme at The Chinese University of Hong Kong; and the Human Rights Law Program at the University of North Carolina School of Law, 2023
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 05 Jun 2023
Holning Lau, Kelley Loper and Yiu-tung Suen
University of North Carolina School of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law and Gender Studies Programme
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Hong Kong, Same-Sex, Sexual Orientation, Public Opinion, Marriage, Gay, Lesbian, Tongzhi

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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law in Asia

Oxford Handbook of LGBTI Law (Andreas Ziegler et al. eds., Forthcoming), UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 4245251
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 18 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2024
Holning Lau and Michelle Yesudas
University of North Carolina School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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LGBT, LGBTQ, SOGIE, sexual orientation, gender identity, Asia

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Public Attitudes Towards Gays and Lesbians and Towards Sexual Orientation Anti-Discrimination Legislation

Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong, 2014, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 08 Nov 2014
Kelley Loper, Holning Lau and Charles Lau
University of Denver Sturm College of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law and RTI International
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sexual orientation discrimination law, Hong Kong

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Scrutinizing Transgender Healthcare Bans Through Intersex Exceptions

36 Yale J. L. & Feminism 1 (2025)
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 27 Aug 2024 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2025
Holning Lau and Barbara Fedders
University of North Carolina School of Law and University of North Carolina School of Law
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transgender, gender-affirming care, intersex, Skrmetti, animus, disgust, sex stereotypes

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Support in Hong Kong for Same-sex Couples’ Rights Grew Over Ten Years (2013-2023): 60 Percent Now Support Same-Sex Marriage

Joint Briefing Paper from the Centre for Comparative and Public Law at the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong; the Sexualities Research Programme at The Chinese University of Hong Kong; and the Human Rights Law Program at the University of North Carolina School of Law, 2023, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2023/43, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 4452861
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 05 Jun 2023
Holning Lau, Kelley Loper and Yiu-tung Suen
University of North Carolina School of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law and Gender Studies Programme
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Hong Kong, Same-Sex, Sexual Orientation, Public Opinion, Marriage, Gay, Lesbian, Tongzhi

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Comparative Law and Freedom to Marry in Hong Kong

53 Hong Kong Law Journal 51 (2023), UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 4412155
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 19 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2023
Holning Lau and Xavier Dyer
University of North Carolina School of Law and University of North Carolina School of Law
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Shan Tsz Kit, MK, same-sex marriage, freedom to marry, marriage equality, Hong Kong

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Shaping Expectations about Dads as Caregivers: Toward an Ecological Approach

Hofstra Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2016, pp. 181-213, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2784575
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 May 2016 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2016
Holning Lau
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Parenting, gender, fathers, family policy, parental leave

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Decriminalizing Same-Sex Sexual Activity: Jurisprudence from the Global South

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 4849001, International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 22 (2025 forthcoming)
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 30 May 2024 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2024
Holning Lau
University of North Carolina School of Law
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sodomy, buggery, sexual activity, gay, same-sex, LGBT, Global South, Section 377

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Nonmarriage and Choice in South Africa and the United States

99 Washington University Law Review 1983 (2022), UNC Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming, Rutgers Law School Research Paper
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 11 May 2022 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2022
Holning Lau and Suzanne A. Kim
University of North Carolina School of Law and Rutgers School of Law - Newark
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nonmarriage, nonmarital, marriage, same-sex marriage, South Africa, gender, choice, autonomy, constitution, domestic partnership, cohabitation, Bwanya v Master of the High Court

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Grounding Conversations on Sexuality and Asian Law

UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 3, 2011, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 05 Jun 2016
Holning Lau
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Sexual orientation, gender identity, sexuality, LGBT, SOGI, Asian values, relativism, comparative law

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Comparative Perspectives on Strategic Remedial Delays

91 Tulane Law Review 259 (2016)., UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2784267
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 27 May 2016 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2024
Holning Lau
University of North Carolina School of Law
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comparative law, comparative constitutional law, constitutional law, remedies, remedial discretion, remedial delay, grace periods, judicial behavior, judicial politics, backlash, same-sex marriage, suspended declaration of invalidity

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Sexual Orientation Rights

Oxford Handbook of Constitutional Law in Asia (David S. Law, Holning Lau & Alex Schwartz, eds.) (Forthcoming).
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 08 Sep 2021
Holning Lau
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Asia, sexual orientation, SOGI, LGBT, equality

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Marriage Equality and Family Diversity: Comparative Perspectives from the United States and South Africa

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 85, 2017, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 06 Sep 2017
Holning Lau
University of North Carolina School of Law
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same-sex marriage, Obergefell, Fourie, comparative family law, family diversity

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American Equal Protection and Global Convergence

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 86, 2017, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 07 Nov 2017
Holning Lau and Hillary Li
University of North Carolina School of Law and University of North Carolina School of Law
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equal protection, equality, comparative constitutional law

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Barring Married Same-Sex Couples from Joint Adoption: Comparative Perspectives and the Case of Taiwan

National Taiwan University Law Review, Vol. 15, p. 177 (2020), UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 05 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2021
Holning Lau
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Same-Sex Parents, Same-Sex Adoption, Marriage Equality, LGBTQ, Taiwan Constitutional Court, J.Y. Interpretation 748

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Identity Scripts & Democratic Deliberation

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 94, No. 4, 2010, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 27 May 2016
Holning Lau
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Deliberative Democracy, Performative Identity, Critical Race, Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Constitutional Law, Equal Protection

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The Language of Westernization in Legal Commentary

American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 61, 2013, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 May 2016
Holning Lau
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Westernization, globalization, law and humanities, hybridity, framing

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Assessing the Tongzhi Label: Self-Identification and Public Opinion

Journal of Homosexuality, Vol. 64, No. 4, 509–522, 2017, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 14 Sep 2017
Holning Lau, Geoffrey Yeung, Rebecca Stotzer, Charles Lau and Kelley Loper
University of North Carolina School of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, University of Hawaii at Manoa, RTI International and University of Denver Sturm College of Law
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tongzhi, gay, identity, LGBT

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The European Union as Promoter of Equality in Asia: Beyond Economic Tools of Influence

The European Union as Protector and Promoter of Equality (ed. Thomas Giegerich), University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2020/019
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 May 2020 Last Revised: 21 May 2020
Holning Lau and Kelley Loper
University of North Carolina School of Law and University of Denver Sturm College of Law
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European Union, Asia, Equality, Nondiscrimination, Transnational Judicial Dialogue, Soft Power

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Comparative Perspectives on Strategic Remedial Delay: Newspaper Source List

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2784262
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 30 May 2016
Holning Lau
University of North Carolina School of Law
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Appendix to "Scrutinizing Transgender Healthcare Bans Through Intersex Exceptions"

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 4965241
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 22 Nov 2024
Holning Lau and Barbara Fedders
University of North Carolina School of Law and University of North Carolina School of Law
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