Lesbian Cantopop star Denise Ho made #ecC=$7GT2*yjn_dyjzG$%D1#zb8MuE!wM2MH8D^thoVJIl8qnheadlines last week.

At e5nK^Zk2WJ-(-w3J7i^8#r_ua0YZvkV=VKqQcQX6H5W5chlGvUa Taipei rally in support of Hong Kong’s democracy protest, a pro-China activist doused the superstar-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 spoknIL%=M5@7Ul3kOl3aqc*C-q%^V^1&JZTN@8mfNt(Cv9@kGe+noen at the UN and the US Capitol about the situation in Hong Kong.

The stunt this weekend prompted calls for both Taiwan and Hong VDluCWMvzZ9JLcR^TeGBLQ$pD+@W7e*J^Iq(BZjJ$$ys_2*Q6HKong to stand up against increasing authoritarianism from the Chinese Communist Party.

But, it also prompted a new appreciation C3Av3slK7eXUh@O(YkF%C@%Va%-eAoVJJsO&8q*A1S2!NSIRxWof one of the region’s most famous lesbians on Taiwan forum, moptt.tw.

Amid photos and videos of the attack, one netizens wrote: “NMh=oL%a1G^Ny^)WCPU+Qd)-t@upN7ic0mdG5kD%suw4@7-J^fIt’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”.

Another netizen wrote that they’d swooned over her speech atGs#w8)c)P0TJC*k_y$R_kcBEJ#$D-OydvvJQLIFQcE7SIE+b2G the UN.

“She is not only handsome in appearance, but also06b6D&Jg9Md#G^xWr@G#AQlOXHt03RatEcuA)YnvehChPRjwvq on the inside,” another wrote.

Denise Ho Wan-sze, also known as HOCC, @iou%$OSLD1IfBP^bEuuJ1QaykWkVhXYuNyTesqPWdXwI8UfHzwas one of the first Hong Kong celebrities to publicly come out as a lesbian in 2012.

"You have to 7bnmZg4RBSyj)w62df9xOPu+Ts2Vsl5sAsk$kv&W6FY_WYjE!!strengthen yourself before you can project anything,” Ho told the South China Morning Post at the time.

Ho is also a vY0ka=aw%%7FOJKWmK(-2=8bg4=Ax_Rm1T4gVi=-DIGgG4Yu80founding member of LGBT rights organisation Big Love Alliance.

In a Facebook post following the attack this weekend, Ho said: “This is just the tip of thecvG=FW@(Gb=H1wW%Lp&sJ7IJRm6=LYTDEu9dyszvt$iCOqOvj$ iceberg.”

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

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