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HOW TO ATTEND THE WORLD’S BT GAY PRI

If you're terted attendg Taipei Gay Pri 2023 (or beyond), you've arrived the right place. * gay pride taipei *

Although I don’t make a pot of travelg to pri ftivals around the world, I have to adm that my experience at Taipei Gay Pri 2019 was one of my happit memori ever.

WELE TO GAY TAIPEI 2021

Gay Pri Taipei is the largt gay event Taiwan and biggt Asia. The para tak place on the last Saturday October. * gay pride taipei *

Contue readg to learn more about Taiwan gay pri, and why you should make the journey there(if you aren’t already nvced).

Apart om the person volved the breakup I mentned the troductn to this piece, the gay men I’ve met Taiwan are some of the kst and most tertg people I’ve met anywhere the world.

This is good not only if you love to meet guys om different Asian untri, but also bee of what the event means to them; many e om untri where is not easy (or maybe even legal) to be gay. Although the official dat for Taiwan Pri 2024 have not been set, will take place durg the last week of October, as gay pri Taipei always do.

TAIWAN’S GAY PRI PARA DRAWS THOANDS, AS VOT ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE NEAR

Gay Taipei Gui 2021 wh sir guis to the bt bars, clubs, rtrants and events the cy. Plan and book your trip wh . * gay pride taipei *

Although many famo Taipei gay bars are loted wh the Ximen Red Hoe, this historil buildg is famo for more than the great mic and nice cktails you fd wh . In fact, s lotn near the popular Ximendg shoppg street has ma as famo among straight tourists as is among gay on! Even before gay marriage beme legal 2017, Taiwan was famo for s acceptg attu toward gay people, particularly Taipei cy.

Foreigners n take advantage of Taiwan’s legal gay marriage—but there’s a tch: You need to e om a untry where gay marriage is legal. Although you weren’t able to attend Taipei Gay Pri durg the vid years, I enurage you to keep on your bucket list for 2023 and beyond. At no other LGBT event my life have I felt more solidary wh fellow atten—I’ve never felt more proud to be gay.

Sce then, Taiwan Gay Pri has had one missn: to anize a Pri Para for Taiwan's LGBTQ muny every year and give voice to their rights. Every last Saturday October, Taipei hosts the biggt gay pri para of Asia, welg an timated 80, 000 people each year. As such, the Taiwan Gay Pri Para attracts thoands and thoands of gays om neighborg untri like Cha, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Philipp, Thailand, Sgapore, Malaysia, and Indonia, jt to name a few.

TAIPEI GAY EVENTS 2021

* gay pride taipei *

This creat a tly ternatnal experience, and giv gays om all around the world the opportuny to nnect wh like-md dividuals. The Taiwan Gay Pri Para 2021 will kick off at 2pm om the Taipei Cy Hall Square, then will move s way through the streets of Taipei before fishg up at the Gay Village (Kaidagelan Boulevard) for a huge party.

The Gay Village is a lively ncln to the pri para, and here you n expect a range of entertament cludg lol celebri.

If you want to experience one of the biggt and bt pris Asia has to offer, you need to get yourself to Gay Pri Taiwan 2021 this October.

WHY GAY-IENDLY TAIWAN IS A CREATIVE HAVEN FOR LGBTQ ART

The event drew around 130,000 people, rercg Taiwan’s image as a bean of gay rights Asia and one of the world’s saft plac amid the panmic. * gay pride taipei *

"Now, beg able to choose marriage is somethg that most people fd monplace, " she event took place one month before Taiwan's mayoral electns, a key tt of support for the DPP and ma opposn Kuomtang (KMT) ahead of printial and parliamentary polls early Vice Print Chen Chien-jen head up the DPP's legatn along wh the party's Taipei mayoral ndidate Chen Shih-chung, who oversaw Taiwan's fight agast COVID-19 when he was health mister, marchg behd a banner readg "mocracy supports gays"'s openns on LGBTQ+ issu stands marked ntrast wh s giant neighbour Cha, which has been rampg up ary prsure to assert s sovereignty claims over the same sex relatns are not illegal Cha, same sex marriage is, and the ernment has been crackg down on pictns of LGBTQ+ people the media and on the muny's e of social media.

Gay Pri Taipei 2021Gay pri Taipei, Taiwan is one of the largt Pri events Asia takg place on the last Saturday of October each year. Key HighlightsThe para starts om a special Gay Pri Village (Ketagalan Blvd) then mov through the streets of Taipei returng to the Village for big after party! The biggt Gay event Taiwan is Taipei Gay Pri wh more then 200, 000 people om around the world attendg this 4 day event.

When the para returns to the ma stage gets unr way, wh lol celebri performg to show their support for gay pri, you will also fd lots of stalls highlightg the gay chari and anisatns supported by the Pri. Over the years this gay pri has evolved om a polil rally to a celebratn of gay culture makg fun for everyone. The pri para and pri gay village is not that close to the gay bars of the Red District, so we would remend that you take a taxi to the para om your hotel.

ASIA'S BIGGT GAY PRI PARA BRGS TENS OF THOANDS TO TAIPEI

Taipei Gay Events 2021 Taipei hosts some of the biggt gay events and parti the regn, cludg one of the largt pri march Asia. * gay pride taipei *

This 3 bedroom apartment has a livg room wh flat screen TV and a fully equipped kchen wh a washer and dryer, a bathroom wh shower and ee WiFi, Close to all the gay bars and rtrants. Taipei Mega Dragon Boat Circu FtivalFriday, Mar 16th, 2018The Dragon Boat Ftival weekend plays host to the Mega Party, Taipei's No 1 gay circu party and aniser of top parti throughout the year.

At TriangleTuday, Oct 24th, 2017The biggt monthly gay night out Taipei, wh gut DJ’s, drag shows, and hunky go-go dancers.

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data-activy-map="le-byle-article-top">By <span class="byle-name">Louise Watt</span></div></sectn><div class="article-body__ntent article-body-font--loadg"><p class="">TAIPEI, Taiwan — An timated 130,000 people attend Taiwan LGBT Pri on Saturday, makg the world’s biggt -person celebratn of gay rights sce the panmic began.</p><p class="">The high turnout rerced Taiwan’s image as a bean of gay rights Asia and one of the world’s saft plac the <a href=" target="_blank">ronavis</a> era.</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><div id="taboolaReadMoreBelow"></div><p class="">“I feel that Taiwan has really set an example, to be able to have a normal life and also to ntue wh this Pri event even though the world is not able to e this year,” said Eve Teo, 34, who liv Taipei.</p><figure class="styl_leImage__yAWZ0 styl_medium__OMa6x"><picture class="styl_image__1qciH"><source media="(m-width: 1000px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img loadg="lazy" src=" alt="Image: Pri para Taipei" height="1833" width="2500"/></picture><figptn class="ptn styl_ptn__Pe5JC"><span class="ptn__ntaer" data-ttid="ptn__ntaer">Participants march through a street durg a pri para Taipei, Taiwan, on Oct. 31, 2020.</span><span class="ptn__source">Chiang Yg-yg / AP</span></figptn></figure><p class="">In a year which many global gay pri events have been nceled or moved onle, Taiwan’s para kicked off om outsi Taipei Cy Hall, as schled, on the last Saturday October.</p><p class="">Organizers said they expected to be the biggt Pri event to take place this year sce the World Health Organizatn clared a global panmic March.</p><p class="">The event was a lorful ttament to Taiwan’s succsful ntrol of the ronavis. The island of 24 ln people has seen jt 554 nfirmed Covid-19 s, cludg seven aths, and no lockdowns. Taiwan’s last lolly transmted fectn was rerd April.</p><figure class="styl_leImage__yAWZ0 styl_medium__OMa6x"><picture class="styl_image__1qciH"><source media="(m-width: 1000px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img loadg="lazy" src=" alt="Image: Pri para Taipei" height="1875" width="2500"/></picture><figptn class="ptn styl_ptn__Pe5JC"><span class="ptn__ntaer" data-ttid="ptn__ntaer">Chen Yen-shuo and his iend give ee hugs to anyone who wants one at Taiwan LGBT Pri.</span><span class="ptn__source">Louise Watt / for NBC News</span></figptn></figure><p class="">Organizers asked participants to wear masks, although many didn’t. Wearg a mask was Chen Yen-shuo, 25, who held up a sign offerg “ee hugs.” The software engeer om Taichung said the panmic wasn’t stoppg people om huggg a stranger: He gave more than a hundred hugs about an hour and a half, he said.</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class="">Democratic Taiwan is a trailblazer for gay rights Asia. In May last year, beme the first — and still only — place Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. Sce then, more than 4,000 same-sex upl have tied the knot Taiwan.</p><p class="">On Friday, two gay upl were, for the first time, among dozens takg part the Taiwan army’s annual mass weddg ceremony. The army posted on Facebook weddg photos of the upl, and those of the two female soldiers and their civilian partners by far received the most lik om the public.</p><p class="">“You fend our untry, we fend your eedom,” read one ment.</p><div><sectn class="related related--sgle dn-prt" data-activy-map="related-article-body-related" data-ttid="related" aria-label="Related ntent"><h3 class="related__tle">Related</h3><div id="related" class="related__ems"><div class="related-em related-em__sgle"><div class="related-em__thumbnail-wrapper"><a href=" data-icid="related" class="related-em__lk related-em__picture-lk"><picture class="related-em__thumbnail__image"><source media="(m-width: 1240px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source media="(m-width: 758px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img loadg="lazy" src=" alt="" height="60" width="60"/></picture></a><span class="related-em__eyebrow"><a class="related-em__label" href="><span>NBC OUT</span></a><a href=" data-icid="related"></a></span></div><div class="related-em__-wrapper"><h3 class="related-em__tle"><a class="" href="><span class="related-em__eyebrow">NBC OUT</span></a><a href=" data-icid="related" class="related-em__lk">Two lbian upl marry mass weddg held by Taiwan's ary</a></h3></div></div></div></sectn></div><p class="">Last year, anizers timated 200,000 people marched to celebrate Taiwan’s legalizatn of same-sex marriage. This year, fewer people uld travel om elsewhere Asia to attend the event bee Taiwan’s borrs are closed to tourists. Anyone who do enter mt self-isolate for 14 days.</p><div class="remend-tersectn-ref" data-activy-map="remend-article-body-remend"></div><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class="">Liu Chun-chieh, 34, who works e-merce and was drsed as a Greek warrr, said the event was important for the regn at large.</p><p class="">“Taiwan jt legalized same-sex marriage last year, and there still hasn’t been a send untry Asia to do so, so I thk this para is really important for Asia,” Liu said. “We first reached the tone, and we n help others to march forward and take the next step, and make more people Asia re about this aspect of human rights.”</p><figure class="styl_leImage__yAWZ0 styl_medium__OMa6x"><picture class="styl_image__1qciH"><source media="(m-width: 1000px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img loadg="lazy" src=" alt="Image: Pri para Taipei" height="1875" width="2500"/></picture><figptn class="ptn styl_ptn__Pe5JC"><span class="ptn__ntaer" data-ttid="ptn__ntaer">An Elephant God is among revellers at Taiwan's annual pri, which attracted 130,000 people.</span><span class="ptn__source">Louise Watt / for NBC News</span></figptn></figure><p class="">Even though gay men and women have the right to marry Taiwan, activists say discrimatory attus still need to change as well as the law. In one example, a Taiwane person n only marry a foreigner of the same sex if same-sex marriage is also legal the foreigner’s home untry. In addn to Taiwan, only <a href=">28 untri around the world allow same-sex marriage</a>.</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class="">As the ernment’s measur to stop the spread of Covid-19 have clud barrg the entry of many foreigners, this has meant some same-sex upl have been forced apart this year.</p><p class="">Among those unable to marry Taiwan are Olivia Wu and her partner Eve Teo, who is om Sgapore, where a <a href=" target="_blank">law banng nsensual sex between men</a> is still on the books.</p><figure class="styl_leImage__yAWZ0 styl_medium__OMa6x"><picture class="styl_image__1qciH"><source media="(m-width: 1000px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img loadg="lazy" src=" alt="Image: Pri para Taipei" height="1667" width="2500"/></picture><figptn class="ptn styl_ptn__Pe5JC"><span class="ptn__ntaer" data-ttid="ptn__ntaer">A drag queen performs durg Asia's biggt pri para Taipei, Taiwan, on Oct. 31, 2020.</span><span class="ptn__source">Ann Wang / Rters</span></figptn></figure><p class="">“Sgapore hasn’t legalized same-sex marriage, so cidg to live here Taiwan, that has really affected ,” said Wu, a Taiwane Amerin om Los Angel. The uple were marchg wh Wu’s parents.</p><p class="">“As a muny, we’re still very proud and obvly happy that Taiwan is the only untry that regniz this, but we jt feel like there’s that part where we’re not plete yet,” Wu, 35, said.</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class="">Activists are also fightg for equal adoptn and assisted-reproductn rights. At the moment, Taiwan’s law only allows for married same-sex upl to adopt children who are blogilly related to one of the partners. Ree Li, secretary general of Taiwan LGBT Fay Rights Advocy, said there were at least 300 LGBTQ fai Taiwan who had adopted children or had assisted reproductn abroad.</p><figure class="styl_leImage__yAWZ0 styl_medium__OMa6x"><picture class="styl_image__1qciH"><source media="(m-width: 1000px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img loadg="lazy" src=" alt="Image: Pri para Taipei" height="1875" width="2500"/></picture><figptn class="ptn styl_ptn__Pe5JC"><span class="ptn__ntaer" data-ttid="ptn__ntaer">Taiwan's bt-known gay rights activist, Chi Chia-wei, wav a rabow flag outsi Taipei Cy Hall, where the para kicked off.</span><span class="ptn__source">Louise Watt / for NBC News</span></figptn></figure><p class="">Chi Chia-wei, an activist who had been mpaigng for marriage equaly Taiwan sce the 1980s, said this year’s para was ls about prott, and more about tn regardg LGBTQ issu and equaly.</p><div class="remend-tersectn-ref" data-activy-map="remend-article-body-remend"></div><p 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