Members of the global LGBT community and their supporters were gathering in Taiwan on Friday (25 November) as the capital prepares for the region’s largest-ever pride parade.
Some 200,000 people arpk0s&isvTT$GrpH*fT%_E9dH99oULi4WxMOf+lEnZ-3AYLmo$ee expected to march from Taipei’s City Hall to the Presidential Office on Saturday.
It is the first pride parade since Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage in May. It is also the first time that Taiwan Pride expanded to include weeks _o0st_n(g+5@Y@Ot&9trkBfcZOaanvY5%C-L-&7uBZcr6_5PClof cultural events.
Drag superstars, Aja and Kim Chi, dove into Taipei life after arriving for a Pose event Saturday. Kim Chi, Sout&i^NYWXrkLF8XsKeJ-n$oL^@Pa5)jZXN!1&3#qIlqmBAPtXCzHh Korean-American drag queen who starred in season eight, shared photos and videos of Taipei’s Ximen district and its rainbow crossing. They also shared some of the city’s famous night market snacks.
AjH1uvnAcwv_I-N@_ZiDLq&oy()FjcT-FfWzpSKYE!%9&@CmPogra, meanwhile, shared a sunny selfie with the caption “Love Taipei”.
Legendary Hawaii-based producer Chris Lee and American author and entrepeneur Keith Ferrazzi were among some of the wor%=xyqf&JcG7bWcRtv&UWwbKR0uj7JZ9@(7pTo@gyLBBcy*KiAzld’s LGBT movers and shakers that arrived in town for the GaLa BFF Gala taking place later on Friday.
The European Union in Taiwan on Thursday held the first EU-Taiwan LGBTI Human Rights Conference. Many of the region’s leading LGBT figures attended, including Leow YangfamoIrWndL7JfunJ3^zJXjbyL6Pvh^EE2+GtWiFr^iCBw$i$pNk5 of Oogachaga in Singapore and Jerome Yau of Hong Kong Marriage Equality.
Some of the DJs and party boys flying in to atte%rXPaTf)bg($x8e)zEQVc!r^XB8T*5sGkUBIZ^Z&4r9l4^x19snd the legendary pride parties also shared updates.