
Shin Namakiri and Ivy are key players of the BDSM scene in Taiwan. The pair, who are 45 and 25 and live in Taipei, run BDSM group Shibari.Life (縛.生) and organize monthly play...

Like any large cosmopolitan city, Taipei has a burgeoning BDSM and kink scene. BDSM—an abbreviation referring to bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadism...

More than 200,000 members of the LGBT community and their supporters marched, paraded, and danced across downtown Taipei on Saturday. Organizers said the parade, which was...

In the last few years, Taiwan’s LGBT community has received unprecedented attention at home and abroad. In the run-up to Taiwan’s same-sex marriage bill earlier this year,...

Gentleman Spa , a new Taiwanese gay short film, premiered globally this month on the streaming platform GagaOOLala. It depicts the daily life of an overweight janitor at a...

Straight, bisexual, curious, or closeted men may be the least visible part of the LGBT community. You probably won’t see them at bars and clubs, or catch them marching...

Mr. H, a flight attendant from Taiwan in his thirties who preferred not to reveal his full name, believes as much as 80% of his male colleagues are gay. After touching down...

Released this week is Handsome Stewardess , a romantic-comedy featuring a handsome tomboy lesbian who starts a new life as a flight attendant after falling for a Singaporean...

For the last four months, Hong Kong has been rocked by unprecedented protests and calls for democracy. What began as protests a controversial bill that would allow...

Hundreds of the region’s LGBT movers and shakers will kick off Taiwan’s massive pride weekend at a unique party in downtown Taipei. The GALA BFF GALA event on 25 October at...

Taiwan Pride 2019 is just around the corner. And, while the main event is a march through the streets of Taipei, set to attract hundreds of thousands of LGBTI Taiwanese and...

Claiming to be Asia’s “premier” LGBTI festival, Pink Season Hong Kong kicks off next week and continues until mid-october. The season kicks off on Saturday, 28 September with...