Lesbian Cantopop star Denise Ho made headlinesUF7XajNt=adMMXb#1d2y!E=CYf!B+_uF(-IQmTBy*WIiTjCrp$ last week.

At a Taipei rally in support of Hong Kong’s democracy protest, a pro-China activist doused the superR!z_TB_+15e9QnXtYUq323D*1o*%r6XPw)JsM5WKPKFuFXVJfHstar-meets-human-rights-defender in red paint.

Ho has emerged as a figurehead defender of Hong Kong human rights amid ongoing unrest in the city. She has spoken at the UN and the US Capitol about tHcAuaao%2-)Wz-LvnW-+)@G&C6=Z#24ly**5DLoOUrieE7cgblhe situation in Hong Kong.

The stunt this weekend prompted calls for both Taiwan and Hong Kong to stand up against increasing authmop5Q@nsI+-$QRsR$A8RyxwvxZNKU=!%Y1z!WaZrt%$jIyWhvworitarianism from the Chinese Communist Party.

But, it also p7DJ-N02!ZGP9CaKBz_XwkyJV_tSUE5I)$YLU6johqyHz_0TGw2rompted a new appreciation of one of the region’s most famous lesbians on Taiwan forum, moptt.tw.

Amid photos and videos of Z6!5vi5KSvxCu)ID3FoR#suG-s=!Xi&w8Qj=CV0unj@w$Qfzy=the attack, one netizens wrote: “It’s hard not to like her”. Explaining that they had previously seen her in concert, they said her role as an activist shows she has “fortitude and persistence”.

An633B9Wf_ruv3T!xwZRt@jJx)Zwszc@2@R)00OjJeR&ruvk#Pp=other netizen wrote that they’d swooned over her speech at the UN.

“She is not only handsome in appearance, but also on the inside,” another wrot=kR8m@WtJ$V#(_cA%7VKZ@BHY%yXS@6)!rxM+51-Hf@GALs5obe.

Denise Ho Wan-sze, alsmQ6z!JKJ7dqDkO2QD0PQS6ln87L1R!+mk=IjK8#@oO9KTTJ!hOo known as HOCC, was one of the first Hong Kong celebrities to publicly come out as a lesbian in 2012.

"You have to strengthen yourself before you can project anything,” Ho told thqDGq98@8BWX-xhVpCGSGknLvF-QGuSuA)TxsvbACgIqV(MU#che South China Morning Post at the time.

Ho is also a founding member of LGBT rights organisatiogeQ@6+k(0c8Lq-x^rvkFLrJ&2C$gGD*Q%68Rzddqr+H%fXWSPIn Big Love Alliance.

In aXEqPtAJWHQFu4%wWq^1oSfg!4I-e+Gx7oNe%ftZLtzYCUX=$MY Facebook post following the attack this weekend, Ho said: “This is just the tip of the iceberg.”

"Every day in Hong Kong, there are countless students, citizens and members who are attacked and beaten by the police.”