Hundreds of the region’-fzY-l2&pD9H$YEzEqdX_m-TFAuBI)vq!jCA*7qw@%UhADVxpXs LGBT movers and shakers will kick off Taiwan’s massive pride weekend at a unique party in downtown Taipei.

The GALA BFF GALA event on 25 October atx3@wuAUPLPpVoX9#!gV6=5wyvPQ*tRU^T(Ee_mfp!9GSz7gk71 Xinyi Woolloomooloo is the perfect warm-up for Asia’s largest pride parade, expected to attract 200,000 marchers. 

The party will include screenings 2YtgtmXUOpe(9^J_lal!^NWRmRYQDsKSL5#aDTQ9*tJg+E^Pddof the latest original productions from LGBT-streaming service GagaOOLala and special guests from Japan Rainbow Night Out. 

"I can promisefQf4q9ao!u4izQO)0ezOItxn%Kmc4k45M9EErZc@+%7h5JwXkJ you lots of fun, laughter, friendship, and, of course, in this month of Celebration & Pride” said co-creator of the GALA BFF group of LGBT professionals, Jay Lin.

GALA BFF creates a place for socializing and connecting for the region’s LGBT people off the dance floor. ThL+LUI40C4h(ng8G1)3h^goO)U!hi3^S5wQR#QOk6IV&^5It5Uae group holds monthly get-togethers, networking events, screenings, and talks.

"I am proud to say that indeed after six years, the group is over a thousand strong and increasingly internationalized w0Ie5najN89EYAQA!vj@4Lf3H@e0$HCIlr#0cUFycj6)X6GE$ZDith connections that are formed online as well as off-line” Lin said.

Tickets are $600 if purchased before 20 October and $750 after. Buy tickets or find out more here.

Pride

Organizers of the 17th annual Taiwan LGBT Pride parade expect more than 200,000—a record number—at the pride parade scheduled to take placbSuX5_^VflyC$BI_L_G$AlSNROS7B^QSG3^)N^xa#mXLl&8eaJe on 26 October.

The pride will be held just five months after Taiwan became the first country in Asia to recognize same-sex ma=W*1o*uZ%r7fPepSPvUSBC6=e6E+T4v+Rb2WfVjn9JpWEY_hiIrriages.

Gay singer-songwriter HUSH will be an ambassador fo@650p6rJqedr9qYY5Wuczie=P^oSaGtI@_K=2@*pMW0!)w9gnur the landmark event.

As one of onlyl*yRWFhNz2%6oPv7GVcG=^n@MXH=Scng-FQ+95%vwAX$O+0azv a handful of Taiwan celebrities to come out publicly, HUSH, whose real 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 country6g+KQEu@nb3%(YN2m&K3Jhv9Ip$rNr5W-q+Svjz*XF-_gKycg8 in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, sees an altered parade route.

Marchers will start from TaipeJ8Et2#L-wrD1xLV@6l%Z&LGKvM$97j#Y63(JEpGu^1FIB@1qBii City Hall Plaza and travel along Yixian Road to Zhongxia East Road.

The parade will thelaDCK*_ESIc0Gp^=AqPx3cTYx5=R+dGXwuns8l-hXFf*%eEvQ@n turn south to Renai Road before 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 for 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 sa=SyvUqz80Xu==Dx^$uxug&*MF7#k@*pV!$rNP24^IxTErae&orme-sex marriage.

For the first time, qEJCUo5GVq8&tl4v9ZK*J-rk0kF%(7H_tMZ-=6JB^pUCL+XA(WTaiwan Gay Family Rights Promotion Association will also hold the first Rainbow Parent-child Carnival and Rainbow Baby Mini Parade.

This year takes the themsvILktX47IOnQL4wC8J=d@1IIUsue=!9+oK@_Kn)M!j#2o(Iu$e "Together, Make Taiwan Better”.

The theme in Chinese means good neighbor. It was chosen to show that the LGBTQ community is everywhere in Taiwan and, like good nH5(zV2wwHFy)XemVw_gIlsgc+p68UPTLNVaEbU1_$I-oyhQQ*!eighbors, everyone should support one another.

Last year, more than 100,000 people took to the streets of Taipei for a jNHy%b*J+8Jm_si)5A^QK=(X&byZDse@PdLP4o-u6U7a8d$pe1pride parade that demanded marriage equality.

It came just a month before devastating referendum results showed the majority VhlTOWz8r%ZKeNxpH0%TFwdNT9ZMkriXtXmUKJg%1l1Ni1#Yr6of 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 failing to do so was unconstijAntcCHquYMai+PD*C0KKRXacETWyXF6ezm9$fIeleb045mlx=tutional.

This year, according to organizers, the LGBT rights movement has moved to the next stage and will fight against prejudice and stereotyping of LGBT R)VmiVDbsD12L(%kaZBdF4&q)DnPwA1E223y#4U*LR)2-_rN37people.

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