Hong Kong-Chinese singer and activist Denise Ho was BOTD in 1977. Born in Hong Kong, she relocated to Canada with her family as a child, returning to Hong Kong when she was 19, where she won a national singing competition. She launched a successful career in Cantonese pop music, courting controversy with song lyrics that alluded to lesbianism. In 2012, she came out during the Hong Kong Pride Festival, and moved into activism. Her involvement in 2014 pro-democracy demonstrations led to the Chinese government blacklisting her, and she was refused a visa to perform in Malaysia. Dropped by her record label in 2015, she self-produced her own work and crowdsourced funds to hold concerts. A documentary about her activist work, Denise Ho: Becoming the Song, was released in 2020. Ho was arrested in 2021 for creating and circulating seditious materials, but released on bail without charges. In May 2022, she was again arrested for “colluding with foreign forces” in breach of Chinese security laws and later released. Later that year, she and five other protestors were fined for failing to register a defunct protest relief fund. Released on bail, her passport was confiscated, and she is currently unable to leave Hong Kong. She continues to engage with her fans, including livestreaming a concert in May 2024.