At least 200 moverXaU@6^Is6GhjX$1av1K9apgXjvp4CQV_hLJZNA!R5z%0%75WK6s and shakers of the LGBT world gathered in downtown Taipei on Friday night to kick off the region's largest-ever pride celebrations.

The GALA BFF GALA event on 25 October at Xinyi Woolloomooloo attracted LGBT and LGBT-friends9DHuYqjOg=eRgif5SMi*3BLoiXzJL3&327tcQO!C2Vr!E(!kRly professionals from around the world and across many industries to enjoy a night of fine food, drinks, and networking.

Guests included legendary Hawaii-based producer ChriTmQAmuqPoqRr&%hMy^tuStIXFn9i7r2fl_^w!qK_rqzLcvT_iZs Lee and American author and entrepreneur Keith Ferrazzi.

GALA BFF is a pla%G!3=jH#h8&78e222h^jlQY!w_Ne1TzVu-A02D%ptYbGPSMnx2ce for socializing and connecting for the region’s LGBT people off the dance floor. The group holds monthly get-togethers, networking events, screenings, and talks.

"We are creating linkages and connections between businesses across disciplines" co-founder of GALA BFFL4OUnk4_l*FoVh(lP&(A$zS-szHsRo!EADLItJ8j@yXnD=Z40!, Jay Lin, told guests on Friday night.

"We want diversity, equality, and acceptance to be adopted by society in general, from cultural tastemakers to legislative policymakers, from the boardroom, to the classroomnGqDjEvq#5tFW2Wj1zeS*-l1bz)uaYJ=&qeJ*EHuXq2S=&Eus5, to the living room."

L+oMfSyB=BiuMvcTa^&q2Wx+fHc%u0VwLWR4xu*sgdq@nSuG054in 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-winning actress Xiao Man, who plays the stewardess, and director Zero CBA1thE65x2uq-iPN@(9$sPXHW6)lw2VbEd-JXzw2l@I&cR2zTohou attended the party.

Lin also took the opportunity to announce his plan for Taiwan's fitrk!rhxe_qPnId12&&s*NbHlkg6-yEhPl-xZY-GNKmoMqZPUANrst 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 businesses to laise with like-minded businesses j!lrejjSyH3ZYw7!Jc9nuGnMKaaFBw@uwxBE3MT!RJ#Jr6*Mb1around the world.

Pride

Organizers of the 17th annual Taiwan&o4!m(CKnUqLEz#9QgiLB@=sAWkDwxF=w^Lr4ZcErZ5b=XqT8# LGBT Pride 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 after Taiwan became the first country in @q)wljhU#^jsSN#Dh#J0d8wK5j!Z@MCNuA*vY_n4$x@T6bM)+$Asia to recognize same-sex marriages.

Gay singer-songwriter !f0Q2eNI1%e0rcEAdrFtC)HFR5YaNh=yKi3%U&VTUwJ3Khf@neHUSH will be an ambassador for the landmark event.

As one of only a handful of Taiwan celebrities to come out publicly, HUSH, whose lV!!xGEL%0#HN7Hjv)ax5G+*_gI7mYr2&uGYR#1UnqA%l_^*$qreal name is Chen Jia-Wei, on Friday urged LGBT Taiwanese to be brave and come out.

Pride this year, the first since Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, sees an alteredqLFai37xjrrH6JBgxFLg)Q2Xn&6Er0$NPr8j+*qeM70qXelP!p parade route.

Marchers will start from Taipei City HalljURx6k^zPoFMDul2@U(fCMUxpLKFa2m2YDS5-=(%rQhoZI-Plj Plaza and travel along Yixian Road to Zhongxia East Road.

The parade will then turn south to Renai Road bewFA-zapX6cN%dOWnCbGKZh_mqaTxmIb=I1oNnfLg0yH#rv4OZ2fore 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 fPf((%wXHv(wv1+Qv&4EAAfraN2mEq%lQju@NBS91SIW&pTN$&Mor 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.

For the first time,*tQUe&JIi=!8lv(t@cDCXij5#J$jkV3GFFYohQ5@#(z1kuc$w5 Taiwan Gay Family Rights Promotion Association will also hold the first Rainbow Parent-child Carnival and Rainbow Baby Mini Parade.

This year takes the theme "Together,gyH116MjoDQo4URifCL01sx0X3EanCLoNKnsn0oDZGA!7g@chZ Make Taiwan Better”.

The theme in Chinese means good neighbor. It was chosen to show that the LGBTQ community is everywhere in Taiwan and, lim)eJ6ej%Vl0#*(^PEOepx-QjUKl$YJUl^A971s6G@y3&SY)=d^ke good neighbors, everyone should support one another.

Last year, myjNjY)6Kvv$U(4WrGxygg4c!Ls8jvCg^Y@WCqhlKlOZO-_%o)gore than 100,000 people took to the streets of Taipei for a pride parade that demanded marriage equality.

It came just a month before devastating referendum results V4Q7SH-G%OB^IK8nS@GvV2p)-9cW6rTjlwHUx!vhUqFcRZcqYcshowed 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 w&0Cem(KVYflwae3tdL7oB54U_i!(l2!B20F=WbrRrNnB8#-I3!ith 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 +^SCf=KE#0Z5A9witX$b8MRd^8edDzoCfGdyod)xuSoU!KvyY=against prejudice and stereotyping of LGBT people.

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