also refers to herself as "a socialist and a republican in the international sense"). She expressed her outrage at First Minister Peter Robinson's defence of Pastor James McConnell, who was accused of making Islamophobic remarks. She has stated that she views the Democratic Unionist Party to be racist because of decisions like those. Lo supported moves to liberalise abortion laws in Northern Ireland and voted to extend the Abortion Act 1967, which already extends the rest of the United Kingdom, to Northern Ireland. See also European politicians of Chinese descent References External links Official website 1950 births Alliance Party of Northern Ireland MLAs Alumni of Ulster University British social workers Female members of the Northern Ireland Assembly Hong Kong Taoists Hong Kong emigrants to Northern Ireland Interpreters Irish republicans Living people Members of the Order of the British Empire Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011 Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016 Northern Ireland politicians of Chinese descent People of British Hong Kong Socialists from Northern Ireland