News / Oct. 04, 2019
Organizers of the 17th annual Taiwan LGBT Pride parade IsL#9lSY-Q9tPONqd*UwgX4js*0-&5lOu32YKupKDc(%W4L4ruannounced on Friday (4 October) gay singer-songwriter HUSH will be an ambassador for the landmark event.
The pride will be held just five months after Taiwan became the first country in Asia to recognize same-sKWh4@8giCy-#$WK5eozPDdt0*Gu_XROP2pUtX@iGRGgePVbMdeex marriages.
As one of only a handful of Taiwan celebrhTAzIZmtkHOhUV^GrNd8I$ar2zqNkj-i@kxYU)R+7FpupfirV1ities to come out publicly, HUSH, whose real name is Chen Jia-Wei, on Friday urged LGBT Taiwanese to be brave and come out.
Organizers on Friday also said they expect more than 200,00o(t9rJImDzw9*Oigh1nWY4A27Sj=EpO(TN)6p&UUuB(JEnHRUA0—a record number—at the pride parade scheduled to take place on 26 October.
Pride this year, the fL)I@0=fC*y#BU=gmd&u$u%3H&N_ZICu+DNzUR1cdRG39XDw0#zirst since Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, sees an altered parade route.
Marchers will start from Taipei City Hall Plaza and travel along Yixian Road to Zhongxia East Ruvz9j6=X@yWsKbE3vOzpkicVRKOcytYmF17H&*WubMClL@atTLoad.
The NSy0D#px1Ki5)+SN8cS+MGCW)umPEaepR6XiBU$s27AXMIE(tpparade will then turn south to Renai Road before ending near the Presidential 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 rolesQK@^iD&R1t_&(YeZ6Q61v=jo2wzG4LBSuwADOmYz$)5C2k=1P_ played by both Taipei City and the President’s Office in bringing about same-sex marriage.
For the first time, Taiwan Gay Family Rights Promotion Association will also hold the first Rainbow #8BfX*&hDoSR38O0Z0NdBTQ@LYrNExDovSU_q8^1QnfMG*bZ3FParent-child Carnival and Rainbow Baby Mini Parade.
This year takes the theme "Together, MZ@kcdRkn!@+JW@WMr8r1Cz4aHkit$o$r1hV@Y)3mhKmbJbq3buake Taiwan Better”.
The theme in Chinese means good neighbor. It was chosen to show that the LGBTQ community is everywhere in Taiwan and, (c!ICV$u$qKbnZbLNvmT_QO+eRf%X2Z0@r&LZ+ustge+&SZJ-zlike good neighbors, everyone should support one another.
Last year, moreTZJXd0pV!)foP&o5d7knB-n#CdGGi&S*x)o&T9$dO^2O0-aZiV than 100,000 people took to the streets of Taipei for a pride parade that demanded marriage equality.
It came just a month before =aCRmkAYxxw!V2*^A6%1Wp4v)&L2pdFks((M-NZy8owVN@CQpIdevastating referendum results showed the majority of Taiwan voters did not support same-sex marriage.
Despite the referendum result, parliament in May finally legalized same-sex marriage in linYN8!%Nk@8Ank0-gtwIDCgNxqfE9-FyTFPt!Qv1jDV$^!cI+00Je with a 2017 Constitutional Court ruling that failing to do so was unconstitutional.
This year, J0W%!!rsz)xbX9JR!(oHA$RV_Thnund72pKtL1pF)LmL*x#h_iaccording to organizers, the LGBT rights movement has moved to the next stage and will fight against prejudice and stereotyping of LGBT people.
