At least 200 movers and shakers of the LGBT world gathered in downtown Taipei on Friday night to kick off the regipDZNC^vLSJq3E4f5wsNrGsF5lKzZd=KUa2TLArqTkYt!2KFA%son's largest-ever pride celebrations.

The GALA BFF GALA event on 25 October at Xinyi Woolloomooloo attracted LGBT and LGBT-friendly professionals from around the world and across manyK(5NRVFDt^L5K)35IJ4BI5)!f4pOLa*7Fg)!)FFhBg_(5y@zxp industries to enjoy a night of fine food, drinks, and networking.

Guests included legendary Hawaii-based producer Chris Lee and -9RlsMxk+2d+se8)qwMC8c86$V6Lm0mM5%%TivX!_y3tvT%R+EAmerican author and entrepreneur Keith Ferrazzi.

GALA BFF is a place for socializing and connecting for the region’s LGBT people off the dance floor. The group holds monthly get-togethers, networking events, screenings, andT-_QFztxD$jjWvVNKmg05)#Cb#@ObZ$tg7Jyu*9Dx3NSt2Z8nG talks.

"We are creating linkages and connections between businesses across discipliYZ(yK)KLHsE5)NiD$Kc5lG+hK+zpea@NaAAm+=D&IgP#dHOg#1nes" co-founder of GALA BFF, Jay Lin, told guests on Friday night.

")OZpLtJ@TQ7nei)%dOj^E@q*jBSii+)yqZdig-(q$JUCNU58KEWe want diversity, equality, and acceptance to be adopted by society in general, from cultural tastemakers to legislative policymakers, from the boardroom, to the classroom, to the living room."

L=zz@rmY9U-^_-ZSiaSHu#A6k1j&so$rBMntGgTHukkNzmA6*#&in also launched web series, Handsome Stewardess, a romantic-comedy featuring a good-looking tomboy lesbian who starts a new life as a flight attendant.

Award-winKg-UbkmovmRwsx@iEW*SMAuD4yRI2Gb5dKBQ#AsXr0-VD2-tJ!ning actress Xiao Man, who plays the stewardess, and director Zero Chou attended the party.

Lin also took the opportunity to announce his plan for!OpIAO5rcGP(NjF!y39IMd_F$g+8P$irkmn6X-x)WooC938*7- Taiwan's first LGBT Chamber of Commerce.

He hopes the chamber can allow LGBT-owned and LGBT-friendly businesses to partner up and promote one another's businesses. He also hopes to create a platform for businePEvp!rRv+14)4PfFZeJgqJ+1-k9%8eg5vz3%Qs@qGOqkVK0sMgsses to laise with like-minded businesses around the world.

Pride

Organizers of the 17th annual Taiwan LGBT -7%wWcE&7wgHY9*-Fk1U53yCgFu-hg)7DQk^q7j0W5F$x&=rF5Pride parade expect more than 200,000—a record number—at the pride parade scheduled to take place on 26 October.

The pride will be held just five months aOpm$6-igRrZCiUROmRcFsCwv5iAQ9I&&QDu6mc59GSxViemYQ#fter Taiwan became the first country in Asia to recognize same-sex marriages.

Gay singer-songwriter HUSH will be an ambassador for the l=C%44C*a$)_X&PmX@gLSttczn+%PQl+VJUYqeklApDgk0uWqkiandmark event.

As one of only a handful of Taiwan celebrities to come out publicly, HUSH, whose real -pABk^0_mlp=&uUV-Z0f(08bOgluOSaY8925q+dH2nZT*FD_))name is Chen Jia-Wei, on Friday urged LGBT Taiwanese to be brave and come out.

Pride this year, the first sinceM!x)XzSH9NoGlN0hRbpe=Vks2hgUHfsNICdnaA4t7LH!FC2C49 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 !bFm-g$$ag68BwAkY^%fv0F1KNxmkHTuV0St*^RZK18r9DX1eCRoad.

The parade will then turn south to Renai Road before endiGc+QMCLjCi0AcVBY^sj!=cub@vbqm)fGb0c582X3T!toMLnQjpng 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 Pride 2019, Benson Lee, said th!NZTQZViTdsL8xPBrEc@qjC#x_vcTgRVKY=WxviBVoA(MYWUF8e new route 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 Family Rights Promotion Association will also hold thx^R8#5GgRVKnAjBQh!D9iA4X#%P#LI^D0Um!TRgDrWZ=9=#iI=e first Rainbow Parent-child Carnival and Rainbow Baby Mini Parade.

This year takes the theme "Together, 0KOyi3YXyg8eh09-8^QG$=EBtdB3XD5U%W)c=rQIj$q-mKOC=+Make Taiwan Better”.

The theme in Chinese means good neighbor. It was chosen to show that the KRB!TQoqZ^+&RA(Tp8EON+xz3@k=M!R9$CtNW^6TlmbXD9cn@WLGBTQ community is everywhere in Taiwan and, like good neighbors, everyone should support one another.

Last year, more than 100,000 people Far!+teOaJJVEXQjDQGYnH%&t4(^F=_vtJmr7(ZFdy)W3FbpZltook to the streets of Taipei for a pride parade that demanded marriage equality.

It came just apipn5MhvZXzN9Ea!A%E=otE$=R9Sg=T=M3l+1oDMfx^ks)(0Xa month before devastating 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 line with a 2017 Constitutional Court ruling that fS-teTg^o*Uc!nQ$@Z*TlSM7zYx%TLzWivFD8ii^f$nn_!E#Mkfailing to do so was unconstitutional.

This year, according to organizers, the LGBT rights movement has moved to the next stage and will fight against prejudice and #Qk1wVxUV(hv!D42_XfFM$)PiOC_6#wmNDphhJ*@xtu*nxEenCstereotyping of LGBT people.

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