The lesbian daughter of a Hong Kong billionaire who has offered HKD$1bn (£80million) in ‘dowry’ to the man who married her, has told him that she will marry a man when he does. Continue Reading>>>
Gigi Chao, 34, previously laughed off her father’s scheme to find a man for her, but has now gone public with her plea for him to understand that she is gay, and that if it is as easy as he thinks to change her sexual orientation, he should lead by example.
Earlier this month, Cecil Chao Sze-tsung, a 77-year-old property magnate, insisted that Gigi was ‘still single’, despite the fact that she married her long-term partner Sean Eav two years ago. Continue Reading>>>
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Gigi Chao, right, daughter of the Hong Kong property tycoon Cecil Chao, poses with her partner Sean Eav at an event in Hong Kong
Cecil Chao, chairman of Hong Kong property developer Cheuk Nang Holdings
Happy couple: Gigi, right, asks her father to ‘not be terrified’ of her partner Sean, left, whom she married in a civil ceremony two years ago, and to ‘treat her like a dignified human being’
Following the publication of an open letter to her father, Ms Chao went even further saying she will enter a straight marriage, when her father enters a gay one.
‘Since Dad thinks it’s so easy for me to switch from gay to straight, I should just leave it for him to demonstrate. I think I’ll marry a man when he marries a man,’ the told The Times.
In the letter published by South China Morning Post, Ms Chao reaches out to her father, asking for him to come to terms with the fact that she is a lesbian.
In the letter, which starts ‘Dear Daddy’, Ms Chao explains that although her love for him has not changed, the time has come for her father to accept her sexual orientation and her partner, Sean Eav, whom she has been with for nine years.
‘I must have misled you to hope there were other options for me,’ she writes.
Definitely not single: Gigi Chao, right, and her partner Sean Eav, have been together for nine years and married in Paris in 2012
In denial: Hong Kong billionaire Mr Chao, who claims to have slept with 10,000 women, still wants his daughter to marry a man – although he won’t force her
‘I know it’s difficult for you to understand how I could feel romantically attracted to a woman; I suppose I can’t really explain it either. It just happens, peacefully and gently, and after so many years, we still love each other very much.
‘Now, I’m not asking you to be best of friends; however, it would mean the world to me if you could just not be so terrified of her [partner Sean Eav], and treat her like a normal, dignified human being. I understand it is difficult for you to understand, let alone accept this truth.’
‘I’ve spent a lot of time figuring out who I am, what is important in my life, who I love and how best to live life, as an expression of all these questions.
‘I am proud of my life, and I would not choose to live it any other way (except also figuring out how to be gentler on the planet).
‘I’m sorry to mislead you to think I was only in a lesbian relationship because there was a shortage of good, suitable men in Hong Kong.
‘There are plenty of good men, they are just not for me.’
you don’t share. I suppose we don’t need each other’s approval for our romantic relationships, and I am sure your relationships are really fantastic too.
However, I do love my partner Sean, who does a good job of looking after me, ensuring I am fed, bathed and warm enough every day, and generally cheering me up to be a happy, jolly girl. She is a large part of my life, and I am a better person because of her.
Now, I’m not asking you to be best of friends; however, it would mean the world to me if you could just not be so terrified of her, and treat her like a normal, dignified human being. I understand it is difficult for you to understand, let alone accept this truth.
I’ve spent a lot of time figuring out who I am, what is important in my life, who I love and how best to live life, as an expression of all these questions. I am proud of my life, and I would not choose to live it any other way (except also figuring out how to be gentler on the planet).
I’m sorry to mislead you to think I was only in a lesbian relationship because there was a shortage of good, suitable men in Hong Kong.
There are plenty of good men, they are just not for me.
Wishing you happiness.
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