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.
TAIWAN’S GAY ROMANCE ‘YOUR NAME ENGRAVED HERE’ REFLECTS CHANGG TIM
We hope to show people that homosexual relatnships, love is still love. “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.