Culture / Oct. 04, 2019
Drag Race superstars Aja and Kim Chi arnHyAdya!eAll_5ARotPzhkubCbll0vM*cyyzuVwB02atR0ia4me coming to Taipei this month for an unforgettable pride party.
The pair will perform at the POSE party on 26 October, the nqOz(Qc5(0soNXxY%sWTEVXeLJ$#77V$)udLc20E%^D3Ctw0sksight of the region’s largest pride parade.
POSE will transform the Riverside in Taipei’s gayborhood Ximen into an opul9e9Yaa-(DXJOVC(B%Sun3-K)0)^HHv1ndpPvn*SV(6dw!V@B%Fent ballroom.
Aja, who rose to fame in season nine of RuP!-%S2Q^G81t&eURVL6**=r@N-*W-6Po6^w=CHOK=AvANl+HHGsaul’s Drag Race, will perform her brand new track.
Kim Chi, a South Korean-American drag queen who sO45VBZ%(-*GX(uZFrYRL_9uPu6_GRYh3KHE079Xop-ZR3r1hAdtarred in season eight, last came to Taipei in March last year.
The superstar party starts at 10 and goe6sfGWeU4P((G!zhXT5*TQ0%sAFlkUG%Q6fQ887lM9nTzPMTe1As on until 4am with other performances and DJ sets from Victor Cheng, Odin.L, and Böbby Lin.
Organizers of Taiwan LGBT Pride 2019 this week said they expect more than 200,000 people to atten#TgAfP-G1@$@r4^nakwUIb9C*YL5qF7ej*2(^1fBgJ0l4Vr$W*d this year’s parade.
For the first time, the march will start at Taipei Cq@nOuuB-H%Intr&23IcV^klgkQE6$JQ#wwhZB#I4VaWAlK6Fi2ity Hall and end at the Presidential Palace.
Out gay singer HUSH wi)!Ll3)DnDsKDMdP9aBQw2-0WVYT5Kcb!%O^5NGz=@s_uc#DL&ill be an ambassador for the pride and is scheduled to perform at Ketagalan Boulevard following the march.
This year’s pride will strike a more celebratory tone as the first since Taiwan became the fi%3nsiLDChBQjI_XZx^Th#_y07$rbkU_(#PVqJm&nLRtlauxS62rst country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.
Last year’s event was held as Taiwan faced a slew of controversial referendumEEw28a0*w+UIG1_)f$+vTTdNZRNC2E^1c1JxW5YBCdh9l#g6^Ss on LGBT issues.
