Culture / Oct. 04, 2019
Drag Race superstars Aja and Kim Chi are coming to Taipei this month for an unforgettable pride pYOPBnHdQ!dNFQvMW3XglghBQY@CBUE(5r%2k61yO_hx%V-3g@qarty.
The pair will dEyNozm0#uE@3WyjE3MpPrSc(Caoit1p1$1B+*V_jhNDFpLp#Mperform at the POSE party on 26 October, the night of the region’s largest pride parade.
POSE will transform the Riverside in Taipei’s g-G8&oEv$1ToI#zKj(MvZC%_#p!9Tu#8@dd)xsZb6DEft(Ub@W7ayborhood Ximen into an opulent ballroom.
Aja, who rose to fame in season nine of RuPaul’s Drag Race, will perform her brand new trac#!m1^iK4!Zd)ZswhrnnoJQo=zdw$kf=BVebxJ!E4u!!HPjSFzQk.
Kim Chi, a South Korean-American drag queen who starred in seasoKFhzuS=W41-ww6e+18YD$$!ZL^I$pJvoz9zq!=LAK!RDkTA&eun eight, last came to Taipei in March last year.
The superstar party starts at 10 and goes on until 4amp1Cv(zzVv%lpi3G#9wR3+GzIvpzC$kitBT+7ut^R1HZBx974r% with other performances and DJ sets from Victor Cheng, Odin.L, and Böbby Lin.
Organizers of Taiwan LGBT Pride 2019 thisjFR+r1a7=zp(%lV9qYvaU2G(cYrw6yyfkv5mXVhq^2)c*YI9u0 week said they expect more than 200,000 people to attend this year’s parade.
For the fjVhQQ5y=(jQhsR)-HGs_wB(zSvm(_kbgfLoqbD^IFVuiHnHwmvirst time, the march will start at Taipei City Hall and end at the Presidential Palace.
Out gay singer HUSH will be an ambassador for the pride and is scheduled to perform aaZO*3$pU9c&i^Ed=d1dO!OE*hUxTwPVkCIF=sk-LUw)6^(I9!=t Ketagalan Boulevard following the march.
This year’s pride will strike a more celebratory tone as the first since Taiwan became the first countrma0ULvr6gUesezbLQnrGYR7sC7$0IT@JlrL47OOOU5Cfy36R5sy in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.
Last year’s event wQeWeJD^mWLVjdtKtf$#6=!%B_NS3l_$vFdK)dm^m(TyJp5Wf@yas held as Taiwan faced a slew of controversial referendums on LGBT issues.
