Hong Kong’s first male pole dancer wants to fight for LGBTI rights

A pioneer of male pole dancing in Hong Kong wants to use his growing popularity to promote LGBTI visibility in his home country.

Leon Yee, 23, gave up his studies as a chef after he was introduced to pole dancing by a friend.

‘When I’m dancing, it feels like flying,’ he told the South China Morning Post.

‘It feels so right to do something that everyone says is wrong. But you know it’s healthy.

‘Four years ago, I wasn’t like myself today. I was a typical Hong Kong teen. I would stay at home playing video games, eat junk food.

‘I thought I was just another fat gay kid. When I picked up pole dancing, I thought maybe this was my moment for personal growth.’

Yee who now has 3000 pole dance students of his own across Hong Kong realized he was gay when he was 11 years old.

His star is definitely rising after being recruited to collaborate with Hypebeast and Diesel in a campaign called Make Love Not Walls.

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