Small Luk

Small Ela Luk (; born 1966) is a Chinese intersex human rights activist and the first intersex person to openly acknowledge her biological sex characteristics in Hong Kong. after changing her sex characteristics from intersex to female through gender-affirming surgery, upon doctors' advice to undergo the surgery because her type of PAIS would most likely have caused cancer. in 2011, which is concerned with, and strives for, the rights of intersex people.

Background Small Luk was the first child of her family. When Luk was born, the doctor found that she was intersex, with organs resembling testicles and a penis. Luk was deemed male and underwent more than 20 operations between the ages of 8 and 13 to construct a urethra – the duct that conducts urine from the bladder. When she was 12, the surgery failed. Luk found the surgery too unbearable and attempted suicide several times. News records state that Luk

Apart from the surgical pain, Luk also suffered from bullying. Luk was at the receiving end of discrimination from classmates and teachers.

Advocacy Small Luk founded the organization "Beyond Boundaries– Knowing and Concerns Intersex" Luk has been invited to various international and local events, including the United Nations meeting in Thailand, to speak on the issue of intersex people and their rights. In 2018, she participated in the forum where NGO Intersex Asia was founded.

Though Luk has chosen to live as a woman, she has said "I don’t really feel I’m a female. I’m intersex."