Gay Taipei: An Insir's Gui to LGBTQ+ Nightlife, Culture & More

Contents:

• GAY GUI TO TAIPEI 2021
• WELE TO GAY TAIPEI 2021
• GAY TAIPEI TAIPEI CY GUI
• GAY TAIPEI GUI
• QUARTIER GAY à TAIPEI

GAY GUI TO TAIPEI 2021

Venture to the cy's lively Ximen and Zhongshan districts, where a variety of gay-iendly venu awa. Loted the heart of Taipei, the Ximen and Zhongshan districts stand out as the cy's unofficial gay havens. Taiwan is nsired to be the most gay-iendly untry Asia, and Taipei is, unsurprisgly, a fantastic gay travel statn.

Bt Gay Bars Taipei.

Towg the le between bar and supper club, Abrazo is one of Taipei’s most popular spots wh the young gay crowd—and shows on weekends. Ask any queer guy or gal Taipei to name a gay bar and Dalida’s the name you’ll hear. Chill gay and lbian bar close to Taipei Cy Hall MRT statn.

WELE TO GAY TAIPEI 2021

Not strictly a gay bar, but 23 Public is extremely supportive of Taipei’s LGBTQ muny. This zy ltle gay fé is the cuter face of Taipei’s queer scene—art hangg on the walls, idle ts loungg on the bar, and a younger llege-kid crowd.

Gay Friendly Rtrants. Ximendg gay-n and gay-iendly rtrant around the rner om Red Hoe.

Very popular gay sna hidn si Ngxia Night Market that pulls a young crowd. Colonial-spired hot sprg that is particularly but not exclively popular wh the lol gay crowd.

GAY TAIPEI TAIPEI CY GUI

The Rabb Temple, or Wei-Mg Tang (威明堂) Che, is dited to Tu’er Shen, the long-eared Taoist god of homosexualy.

GAY TAIPEI GUI

Sce opened 2006, ’s drawn an almost exclively gay ngregatn, most of whom e to beach the heavens for a lover. Nightlife and Gay clubs. It probably isn’t too much of an exaggeratn to say that G Star was every Taipei gay’s first.

Triangle is not exclively a gay venue and do a number of themed nights and parti five nights a week, om KTV to llege parti. Gay Pri Shops (晶晶書庫). Taipei be the gayt place Asia every fall, when Taiwan LGBT Pri draws visors om all across the ntent and beyond to take to the streets for a march, which breaks to three distct, snakg rout.

Polilly, Taipei has been notably progrsive over the past uple of s: Ma Yg-jeou, Taipei’s ex-Mayor and, later, Taiwan’s Print, was famoly pro-gay and alloted funds to LGBTQ events. One of the most obv ditors of Taipei’s openns, and a pulsory stop for any LGBTQ visor, is Red Hoe, a multi-level plex of door and outdoor gay bars, clubs, and clothg and accsory shops loted jt a block or so om the Ximen MRT statn. After takg the “big” tourist sights—the shops and observatn ck at skyscraper Taipei 101, The Natnal Palace Mm, Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, and one of Taipei's many amazg night markets (the sprawlg Shil is a first timer's mt-do)—head directly to G G, a gay, everythg store the Zhongzheng district.

QUARTIER GAY à TAIPEI

Datong district’s tucked away, gay-owned Wild Flower Bookstore is chock full of lolly ma, small prs photo books, graphic novels, quirky arts publitns, and artwork. What began as a sgle gay waterg hole lled Bear Café 2006 blossomed to the fully-fledged gay plex Red Hoe. For even more gay bar listgs, cludg tails on recent closur, chang management, and opengs, check GayTaipei4U.

Hands down, the chic W Taipei is the cy’s gayt 5-star property, and hosts special Pri Week events like a LOVE is LOVE weddg fair, an LGBTQ speed datg mixer for sgl age 25-45 (registratn required), and an open-to-the-public Rabow Market. All year-round, one n activate gay social apps at the W and see that the immediate area is absolutely packed wh gay visors and lols, some of whom n be found loungg W’s WOOBAR, s outdoor pool, and 31st floor Yen rtrant and bar (try the tea-based cktails). On the extremely budget-iendly si (thk a step above hostel), the Songshan district’s G’s Gay Hotel is billed as Taiwan’s first men-only, gay boutique property and is loted a short walk om the Raohe Night Market.