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[Quote:] Cantopop singer Denise Ho 'proudly' calls herself 'tongzhi', a Chinese slang for gay people.
[Quote:] After I came back to Hong Kong, I joined the New Talent Singing Awards [in 1996]. I won it by accident…. I've been a fan of Anita Mui since I was 9 years old. Her influence on me wasn't only limited to entertainment, but also my character and worldview.
[Quote:] But during Hong Kong's fourth annual LGBT Pride Parade this weekend, the singer officially came out, calling herself "tongzhi," a Chinese slang word for gay./"As a celebrity, I think I have an obligation, a duty to stand forward for the sake of love and equality", the 35-year-old singer told the crowd, according to Shanghaiist./The announcement is particularly significant since Ho is the first mainstream female singer in Hong Kong to come out of the closet, according to several Hong Kong media outlets.
D'où vient cette passion de Denise Ho pour la liberté d'expression? Probablement de son adolescence montréalaise à l'époque du référendum de 1995, a-t-elle confié à notre collaborateur. … Sa vie bascule l'année de ses 19 ans. Elle s'inscrit à un concours de chant hongkongais et, à sa grande surprise, raconte-t-elle dans plusieurs interviews, en sort vainqueure. Le prix lui permet d'enregistrer un disque. Surtout, le concours lui fait rencontrer Anita Mui. La diva de la cantopop deviendra son mentor et la carrière de Denise Ho, HoCC de son nom de scène, sera lancée. [Ed. transl.: Where does Denise Ho's passion for freedom of expression come from? Probably from her adolescence in Montreal at the time of the 1995 referendum, she confided to our reporter. … Her life changed in her 19th year. She enrolled in the Hong Kong thugs Contest "New Talent Singing Awards", and to her surprise—as she recounted in several interviews—she emerged victorious. The prize allowed her to record a disc. And, specially, the competition allowed her to meet Anita Mui. The diva of cantopop would become her mentor, and the career of Denise Ho, with HoCC as her stage name, was launched.
D'où vient cette passion de Denise Ho pour la liberté d'expression? Probablement de son adolescence montréalaise à l'époque du référendum de 1995, a-t-elle confié à notre collaborateur. … Sa vie bascule l'année de ses 19 ans. Elle s'inscrit à un concours de chant hongkongais et, à sa grande surprise, raconte-t-elle dans plusieurs interviews, en sort vainqueure. Le prix lui permet d'enregistrer un disque. Surtout, le concours lui fait rencontrer Anita Mui. La diva de la cantopop deviendra son mentor et la carrière de Denise Ho, HoCC de son nom de scène, sera lancée. [Ed. transl.: Where does Denise Ho's passion for freedom of expression come from? Probably from her adolescence in Montreal at the time of the 1995 referendum, she confided to our reporter. … Her life changed in her 19th year. She enrolled in the Hong Kong thugs Contest "New Talent Singing Awards", and to her surprise—as she recounted in several interviews—she emerged victorious. The prize allowed her to record a disc. And, specially, the competition allowed her to meet Anita Mui. The diva of cantopop would become her mentor, and the career of Denise Ho, with HoCC as her stage name, was launched.
[Quote:] After I came back to Hong Kong, I joined the New Talent Singing Awards [in 1996]. I won it by accident…. I've been a fan of Anita Mui since I was 9 years old. Her influence on me wasn't only limited to entertainment, but also my character and worldview.
[Quote:] Cantopop singer Denise Ho 'proudly' calls herself 'tongzhi', a Chinese slang for gay people.
[Quote:] But during Hong Kong's fourth annual LGBT Pride Parade this weekend, the singer officially came out, calling herself "tongzhi," a Chinese slang word for gay./"As a celebrity, I think I have an obligation, a duty to stand forward for the sake of love and equality", the 35-year-old singer told the crowd, according to Shanghaiist./The announcement is particularly significant since Ho is the first mainstream female singer in Hong Kong to come out of the closet, according to several Hong Kong media outlets.
