News / Oct. 04, 2019
Organizers of the 17th annual Taiwan LGBT Pride parade announced on Friday (4 October) gay singer-songwriter HUSH will be an ambassador for the landmark event.
The pride will be held ju*rAdioG-XGKyLKhcmeS2-oJ_pfiY0kC5R*Z&9T_qYV!Odc(nPEst five months after Taiwan became the first country in Asia to recognize same-sex marriages.
As one of only a handful of Taiwan celebrities to come out publicly, HUSH, whose real name is Chen Jia-Wei, on Friday urged LGBT Taiwanese to be bra))7HDx#dWDf5oEC80K8PaTL075K^6QhxVUKilge4)M(39Jl5hEve and come out.
Organizers on Friday also said they expect more than 200,000—a record number—at the pride parade scheduled to take pl6GSJWTcZ#H1Sf7x3z%c%u458fuiGLj5+=NZPOPPl*(8D470_iCace on 26 October.
Pride this year, the first since Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, sees an4vkiE83K$C&)**Og=)Mj41+@9peU2_aZue1)kbO$ZHRz0SKWqo altered parade route.
Marchers will start from Taipei City Hall Plaza and travel along Yixian Road to Zhongxia East RoazcRZfmOKc9Y!CLP4L_hgWt+0x&9pvhfnBZ4c4i8CY&E&bVgGe8d.
The parade will then turn south to Renai Road before ending near the Presidentialk=TBLzCtjW&RLOp)sLi5#xiq8X+0xDOIGlZY=tjKT72Fq=t)KF Palace at Ketagalan Boulevard where there will be a Rainbow Market with more than 100 stalls.
HUSH will also perform at Ketagalan Boulevard.
Press officer for the Pride 2019, Benson Lee, said the new route was chosen to recognize the roles played by both Taipei City and the President’s Office in bringing about same-sex marriage(aKb8_19#R)WsrOy6J@GRV+iYV4JS7E2f&xhG0t-BCxBSL=Oi!.
For the first time, Taiwan Gay Family Rights Promotion Association will also hold the first Rainbow ParIYnLBfD9BLmz=vD2CK9+amcu-gre9+%M&)psP^pLDj$l^5-h!Eent-child Carnival and Rainbow Baby Mini Parade.
This year takes the theme "Together, Make Taiwan Bettej$RyeB*vtojH-YY^UmzD06x&U33Qrd%lN%^N#^i^3s$JN&T5kKr”.
The theme in Chinese means good neighbor. It was chosen to show that the LGBTQ community is everywhere in Taiwan and, like good neighbors, everyone should 5PHox*arCM9M68EMK8TqqcO&2ZZ0iT)Qvae_RC9KkoQh4qvynQsupport one another.
Last year, more than 100,000 people took to the streets of Taipei foZ)Dw@nGANAgCorVzFz2PPk4i1kP8O)KaDbqEXh$R_k@StUk7X2r a pride parade that demanded marriage equality.
It came just a month before devastating referendum results showed the majority of Taiwan voters did not support samMK36WfGN)9wT4mGIu*pDQzH)!CnP=fdsghJhstM%XWUvAe2L7Fe-sex marriage.
Despite the referendum result, parliament in May finally legal1dr&cdPDAj0JTS4sCTi7WA2_Ir)+IXEuwk4c85R72dj=ej%(NEized same-sex marriage in line with a 2017 Constitutional Court ruling that failing to do so was unconstitutional.
This year5)QC)!Y19RtM@P+5Le@x$0c!rE#5P)yl1($7yO0B1@z95Bt^qc, according to organizers, the LGBT rights movement has moved to the next stage and will fight against prejudice and stereotyping of LGBT people.
