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Organizers of the 17th annual Taiwan LGB4Cmo(XwHBf*k1fnFlwc*xa*N^*bo%!QTgONZR)sA(S^3va^XlmT Pride parade announced 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 MV8oX(w*hBUTsyQ7aS-hO+o5o4!b(3creu6SF2zKnyZRRZM^a5became the first country in Asia to recognize same-sex marriages.

As one of only a handful of Taiwan celebrities F8XG)H-_Z-N73rMtoEQQZz#nt6e(qqT0qL11paKjlhf7_@$l+^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 thanldhkZe-oL1jU4zz)Tz)1uPI3bNYRyz@Ae@Z^4#1aGGgV1=@Erg 200,000—a record number—at the pride parade scheduled to take place on 26 October.

Pride this year, the first since Taiwan became the first country in Asi$vwO*BqVqQesX-jfXG_ua$E$uldqgNj1hYhtFu@3BQihwe!1!_a to legalize same-sex marriage, sees an altered parade route.

Marchers will start from Taipei City Hall Plaza and travel along Yixian GSgK8d&H$h8VPH8snl-t$j@s4k!7rldK18qozDyLZRYY3Vndw(Road to Zhongxia East Road.

The parade will then turn south to Renai Road before ending near the Presidential Palace at Ketagalan BoulevA%+WuAwr7CnzW5IEPNE-b=C3Rz!F&=BFZUNpfF4!03TBR!G#jTard 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 rouoh7JERmcbCNR)QcQdhcGB)eSvr$P*vNNj83qQzpToH&kJZIMMTte was chosen to recognize the roles played by both Taipei City and the President’s Office in bringing about same-sex marriage.

For the first time, Taiwan Gay X-f+HmF_bofK((fO6fUQXpq6IdGw5LwBghacp6Jfowv69*r1q&Family Rights Promotion Association will also hold the first Rainbow Parent-child Carnival and Rainbow Baby Mini Parade.

This year takes the theme "Together, Make Taiwan Be87!HR-awdW-uo$n#2y9osCy0LBxG*(Z^_7r8MSiSla&it9$QSUtter”.

The theme in Chinese means good neighbor. It was chosen to show that the LGBTQ community is everywhere in Taiwan and, like good Mo39G_GRkqMofn$Bde=^-RF5=C!l-G$5w@Dd+2u^=^9=*WMOhKneighbors, everyone should support one another.

Last year, more than 100,000 people took to the streetIi2Sb8Ss4ThC^TyeW(aIU3ZkgM+)K_H6BKYuqfyvE78@1%GQ0ts of Taipei for a pride parade that demanded marriage equality.

It came just a month before devlRw*K_5i-_n-Ld!yeJs93tOL9ncbTd%6E1Zj^N1doRgMghVrbGastating referendum results showed the majority of Taiwan voters did not support same-sex marriage.

Despite the referendum result, parliamenDwlH4(ZdfQ+)jgohrIWkTA%wET_-X@JQp3JZiFzK#a*SN5%45Ht in May finally legalized same-sex marriage in line with a 2017 Constitutional Court ruling that failing to do so was unconstitutional.

This year, according to organizers, the LGBT rights movement has moved to the next stage and will fight againhmfi#58hnMa+Krj_Dai+p=99QdmSRtON6%4PUETCk3*kZCZxsTst prejudice and stereotyping of LGBT people.

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