32 Facts About Jimmy Sham

Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit is a Hong Kong pro-democracy and LGBT rights activist.

Jimmy Sham served as a convener for the pro-democracy organisation Civil Human Rights Front until October 2020 and serves as a secretary for the LGBT rights organisation Rainbow of Hong Kong.

Jimmy Sham is a longtime member of the League of Social Democrats.

Jimmy Sham worked as a legislative assistant for a period after graduating from secondary school.

Jimmy Sham later joined Rainbow Action, a member organisation of Civil Human Rights Front that advocates for LGBT rights.

Jimmy Sham started assisting with CHRF's work in 2008, hosting events and managing affairs with human and police rights.

Jimmy Sham occupied Connaught Road Central along with other protesters after the 1July march in 2011, after which he was arrested for unlawful assembly.

Jimmy Sham participated in the 2014 Hong Kong protests and became CHRF's convener in 2015, for one year.

Jimmy Sham is a longtime member of the League of Social Democrats and joined its executive committee in 2018.

Jimmy Sham first joined the party because it was the first in Hong Kong to include LGBT issues in its platform.

Jimmy Sham is openly gay; he married his husband, a flight attendant, in New York in 2014.

Jimmy Sham is an active campaigner for LGBT rights in Hong Kong.

Jimmy Sham was the spokesperson for the 2018 Hong Kong Pride Parade, which drew 12,000 people, a record high.

Jimmy Sham has resorted to the courts to have his New York marriage recognised in Hong Kong.

Jimmy Sham described CHRF's role in the protests as providing a platform for citizens to express their views.

Jimmy Sham said that CHRF estimates participants at protests by counting the participants from footbridges.

Jimmy Sham organised the 1July march in 2019, demanding a full retraction of the amendment bill and for Chief Executive Carrie Lam to step down.

Jimmy Sham was elected to the Sha Tin District Council during the 2019 District Council elections.

Jimmy Sham represents the pro-democracy League of Social Democrats in Lek Yuen constituency.

Jimmy Sham was elected on 24 November 2019, unseating incumbent Michael Wong Yue-hon of the pro-Beijing Civil Force.

Jimmy Sham said that he was not afraid of disqualification and that he would continue his protests against the national security law.

Jimmy Sham received a letter from the electoral commission telling him his nomination was being reviewed.

On 6 January 2021, Jimmy Sham was arrested along with more than 50 other people accused of violating the national security law.

On 13 May 2021, High Court judge Esther Toh upheld her decision to deny bail to Jimmy Sham arguing that he was a "determined and resolute young man" who could reoffend if granted bail.

On 2 September 2022, Jimmy Sham pleaded guilty to violating the national security law.

On 19 November 2024, Jimmy Sham was sentenced to four years and three months in prison.

On 8 July 2021, more than 76 district councilors resigned their positions, including Jimmy Sham, citing imminent removal from office under a massive disqualification from the government based on violation of both the Basic Law and the national security law.

Jimmy Sham was one of the coordinators of a demonstration on 8 December 2019.

Jimmy Sham said the organisers wrongly listed CHRF's address as Rainbow of Hong Kong, and arrived at the venue 10 minutes earlier to talk to the protesters.

Jimmy Sham later explained that Rainbow of Hong Kong was not a member organisation of CHRF, and he thought it was funny that protesters insisted on staying there.

Jimmy Sham's friend was hit three times in his arm resulting in swelling, and was sent to hospital; Jimmy Sham was unharmed.

Jimmy Sham was taken, bleeding heavily, to Kwong Wah Hospital.