Gay romance "Your Name Engraved Here" is a symbol of Taiwan's wing horizons and growg filmmakg creativy.
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- 'YOUR NAME ENGRAVED HERE' - TAIWAN GAY FILM'S HS AND MISS
- TAIWAN’S GAY ROMANCE ‘YOUR NAME ENGRAVED HERE’ REFLECTS CHANGG TIM
'YOUR NAME ENGRAVED HERE' - TAIWAN GAY FILM'S HS AND MISS
At the time, homophobia was wispread and openly gay dividuals were largely ostracized by society. “Origally, my tentn wasn’t to make a gay film, was to make a personal film, ” he says. Liu’s film honors one particular figure who has fought for gay rights for more than 30 years: activist Chi Chia-wei.
In one scene, A-Han and Birdy see Chi prottg agast sexual orientatn discrimatn on the streets of Taipei wh a sign that says “homosexualy is not a disease, ” before police swarm toward him. “There are no differenc between homosexual or heterosexual relatnships, ” Liu says. We hope to show people that homosexual relatnships, love is still love.
TAIWAN’S GAY ROMANCE ‘YOUR NAME ENGRAVED HERE’ REFLECTS CHANGG TIM
“I don’t know where my urage me om, but I cid to tell her that I’m actually gay and I’m not gog to marry a girl, ” Liu rells. In this movie, Birdy wns several vlent cints related to beg gay, like the schoolmate beg bullied the bathroom. To know the answer, we have to unrstand what is like to be a gay stunt Taiwan 1987.
Dpe beg the first untry to legalize gay marriage 2019, Taiwan was que nservative 30 years ago. Beg gay was never acceptable bee people believed reproductn as the ma purpose of marriage, and many even valued only patrileal scendants. If anyone was nsired gay, he would probably be harshly blamed by the fay and fatally bullied by others.