News / Oct. 25, 2019
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 are expected to march from Taipei’s City Hall to the Presidential rn25XZB0+xkk23pcxyM)NWO5dg&#+SEuK6c8!4!+$xisO!1wA5Office on Saturday.
It is the first pride parade since Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage in May. It is also the first time that Taiwan Pride expan0D6v#QHw8e+9%M7iHhMURdLd6yVoJd7^HbX-^3mZr+^=EcDfEuded to include weeks of cultural events.
Drag superstars, Aja and Kim Chi, dove into Taipei life after arriving for a Pose event Saturday. Kim Chi, South Korean-American drag queen who starred in season eight, shared photos and videos of Taipei’s Ximen district and its rainbow crossing. They also shared some of the citqF&fE@#_zJF^LRIH$rsgNGPc-Xq5%kH=#u-d3I^3G=C-H-5M6yy’s famous night market snacks.
Aja, meanwhile, shared a 05Iy=c4Jw@ct&zZ86xlCkc(-yl=a2AOEw@F$9cqT7l85=C_SPZsunny selfie with the caption “Love Taipei”.
Legendary Hawaii-based producer Chris Lee and American author and entrepeneur Keith Ferrazzi were among some of the world’s LGBT movers and shakers that arrived in town for the GaLa BFF Gala taktfMgA)HJ=O-EXj=A&oXJZ3VFZVrvZxzbtt!1-Mf(gazhLCxh(ping place later on Friday.
The European Union in Taiwan on Thursday held the first EU-Taiwan LGBTI Human Rights Conference. Many of the region’s leading LGBT figures attended, including Leow Yangfa of Oogachaga in Singapore IHgdtcc7Z^nRrWh=lxs3WooDI_&EnziyIjvt=HBNo5BRYTIpvaand Jerome Yau of Hong Kong Marriage Equality.
Some of the lQ5ZxlIqP@YLGGP$DU%B8PY2s4pSzZVgsOc+SHkiEA@MJ7kpvoDJs and party boys flying in to attend the legendary pride parties also shared updates.
