By Jessie Pang and Joyce Zhou

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Lesbian newlyweds Jaedyn Yu and Gloria Tsang believe a recent ruling by Hong Kong to veto a bill that would have allowed limited legal rights for same-sex couples shows how the city lags internationally on human rights.

The bill represented an opportunity to implement what would have been a rare liberal shift in Hong Kong’s legal landscape, amid a years-long crackdown on dissent and the city’s pro-democracy opposition under a China-imposed national security law.

Yu and Tsang, who have been together for around five years, met thanks to their shared passion for music – Yu, 35, is a drummer and Tsang, 33, a vocal percussionist.

Unable to marry legally in Hong Kong as a same-sex couple, they finally settled on tying the knot via Zoom with

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