Why gay-iendly Taiwan is a creative haven for LGBTQ art | CNN

Contents:

• THE 1975 NCEL SHOWS INDONIA AND TAIWAN AFTER MALAYSIA GAY KISS UPROAR
• TAIPEI GAY BARS & CLUBS 2021
• HOW TO ATTEND THE WORLD’S BT GAY PRI
• WHY GAY-IENDLY TAIWAN IS A CREATIVE HAVEN FOR LGBTQ ART
• WELE TO GAY TAIPEI 2021
• GAY TAIPEI · MID-RANGE + BUDGET HOTELS
• CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
• TAIPEI GAY SNAS 2021
• GAY TAIPEI GUI
• TAIPEI GAY SNAS & HOT SPRGS

THE 1975 NCEL SHOWS INDONIA AND TAIWAN AFTER MALAYSIA GAY KISS UPROAR

Brish pop rock band The 1975 has announced was ncelg s shows Jakarta and Taipei after the Malaysian ernment cut short a mic ftival, a day before, as the band’s lead sger slammed the untry’s anti-gay laws and kissed a male TARIGAN Associated PrsFILE - Matty Healy of the 1975 performs at the Readg Mic Ftival, England, Sunday, Aug. Malaysia’s ernment has cut short a mic ftival after the lead sger of Brish band The 1975 slammed the untry’s anti-gay laws and kissed a male bandmate durg their performance.

TAIPEI GAY BARS & CLUBS 2021

” (Photo by Stt Garft/Invisn/AP, file)The Associated PrsJAKARTA, Indonia -- Brish pop rock band The 1975 announced on Sunday was ncelg s shows Jakarta and Taipei after the Malaysian ernment cut short a mic ftival the wake of the band's lead sger slammg the untry’s anti-gay laws and kissg a male bandmate durg their 1975 was schled to have a performance at We The Ft, Indonia’s annual summer mic ftival, Jakarta on Sunday night, part of their 2023 Asia tour. Matt Healey, the lead vol of The 1975, ed profany his speech cricizg the ernment’s stance agast homosexualy, before kissg bass player Ross MacDonald.

Malaysia’s Communitns and Digal Mister Fahmi Fadzil slammed Matty Healy’s nduct late Friday and said a Facebook post that homosexualy is a crime the untry punishable by up to 20 years prison and wasn’t the first time that Healy ed the stage to fend lbian and gay rights. In 2019, he kissed a male fan durg a ncert the Uned Arab Emirat, which also outlaws homosexual acts, acrdg to media reports.

Dpe several lol bylaws discrimatg agast LGBTQ+ people Indonia, s natnal laws have never ma homosexualy a crimal there have been attempts to crimalise homosexualy by nservative policians and groups, while gay upl often face discrimatn the world’s most populo Mlim-majory untry. JAKARTA, Indonia (AP) — Brish pop rock band The 1975 announced on Sunday was ncelg s shows Jakarta and Taipei after the Malaysian ernment cut short a mic ftival the wake of the band’s lead sger slammg the untry’s anti-gay laws and kissg a male bandmate durg their 1975 was schled to have a performance at We The Ft, Indonia’s annual summer mic ftival, Jakarta on Sunday night, part of their 2023 Asia tour. ” (Photo by Stt Garft/Invisn/AP, file)Stt Garft/Stt Garft/Invisn/APJAKARTA, Indonia (AP) — Brish pop rock band The 1975 announced on Sunday was ncelg s shows Jakarta and Taipei after the Malaysian ernment cut short a mic ftival the wake of the band's lead sger slammg the untry’s anti-gay laws and kissg a male bandmate durg their 1975 was schled to have a performance at We The Ft, Indonia’s annual summer mic ftival, Jakarta on Sunday night, part of their 2023 Asia tour.

HOW TO ATTEND THE WORLD’S BT GAY PRI

”AdvertisementArticle ntu below this adIndonia, the world’s most populo Mlim natn, do not prohib LGBTQ rights except the nservative Aceh Healey, the lead vol of The 1975, ed profany his speech cricizg the ernment’s stance agast homosexualy, before kissg bass player Ross MacDonald. In 2019, he kissed a male fan durg a ncert the Uned Arab Emirat, which also outlaws homosexual acts, acrdg to media 23, 2023|Updated July 23, 2023 3:13 a. I was ially nervo about datg as a gay person a new cy, but my experience Taipei has been overwhelmgly posive.

The bate over same-sex marriage has been gog on sce 2003 when the executive branch of the ernment started to prepare legislatn to allow gay marriage.

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

Meanwhile, the movement support of gay marriage was growg Taiwan wh publicy events like the biggt same-sex weddg party ever 2011. The panel of judg gave the ernment 2 years to legalize same-sex marriage, which would make the first untry Asia to legalise gay marriage. The good news is, acrdg to a 2016 study, tolerance towards homosexualy Taiwan creased 132% between 1995 and 2012 and Taiwan’s reputatn as the most gay-iendly untry Asia is certaly more than jtified by this and s thrivg gay muny.

However another study showed that Taiwane people were ls likely to be tolerant of gay members of their own fay wh 38. This shows that there are still some graed prejudic and a certa amount of misunrstandgs about the gay muny – sadly somethg reflected the 2018 referendum rult. Although there are challeng for LGBT cizens, gay travellers to the untry n feel nfint that they’ll fd a warm wele, some great gay nights out and the biggt gay scene all of Asia.

It’s been this way for years, to be hont, but only recently has bee an ternatnal LGBT travel statn and gay travellers should feel enuraged to vis and lend support. Visors will notice a relatively high number of gay upl out and about, perhaps even gettg a ltle close a bar, but ’s worth highlightg here that general public displays of affectn are not big Taiwan. That’s why gay travellers to Taiwan should be aware of where they are to ensure they are not embarrassg people around – ’s rarely hostile, but people here will feel a b embarrassed by both heterosexual and homosexual displays of smoochg!

WELE TO GAY TAIPEI 2021

There are many fascatg plac to disver Taiwan and gay travellers should feel posive about travellg all around.

Taipei, as the pal, naturally has the biggt gay scene wh a diverse gaybourhood and the aforementned Pri. Once travellers start headg to other ci, like Taan, they will fd much ls on offer the form of flamboyant gay scen; but the are still plac worth gog.

GAY TAIPEI · MID-RANGE + BUDGET HOTELS

As you’d expect om a hospable and progrsive untry, ’s not a stggle to fd gay-iendly acmodatn Taiwan. Usually, the hotels near the gay nightlife the bigger ci are more likely to be gay ‘hotspots’.

G’s Hotel is the first gay hotel Taipei offerg budget acmodatn exclively for men wh a foc on shared bathrooms and gettg zy wh other guts. We have to say, however, that we wouldn’t stay for the r and there are plenty of other fabulo gay-iendly acmodatn optns Taiwan. The food Taiwan is jtifiably world-renowned, whether ’s high cuise or street food at night markets – this n be enjoyed by all visors, gay and straight alike!

Of urse all activi are open to everyone and gay visors to Taiwan will fd plenty to su any travel tast. For more gay-specific activi, travellers n take their trip durg one of the Pri events the cy to show support for LGBT rights Taiwan (and have a hell of a good time! There’s also the famo Red Hoe area Taipei where there are multiple gay bars, clubs and f – visors should do their rearch to figure out which on they n give a miss!

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR

All of the ci have at least one ‘reputable’ gay sna that travellers n try out to learn more about the gay scene Taiwan. The LGBT scene particular is very excg and we totally believe supportg a untry that’s so far ahead of s neighbours terms of gay rights.

Gay travellers should expect to meet tons of new iends, disver some credible dish, see some great sights and enjoy some fabulo nights out.

TAIPEI GAY SNAS 2021

Gs Hotel UTOPIA VERIFIED AUG 2020#322, Sec 5, Nanjg East Rd, Utopia Map+886 2-2766-1116, FAX +886 2-2760-3989, emailGay men only boutique hotel and sna. QUNCI VILLAS, a gay-iendly, gay-managed tropil rort on the heavenly island of Lombak, jt next to Bali... There are a lot of gay and gay iendly hotels close to the Red Hoe district offerg great value for money, however rooms n be on the smaller si.

GAY TAIPEI GUI

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. 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.

Another thg I love about Taiwan Gay Pri is how Taipei’s own nvenience mak participatg events so easy. 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.

TAIPEI GAY SNAS & HOT SPRGS

I’d remend bookmarkg this Taiwan Gay Pri page, as I’ll be updatg once this year’s ftivi have fished. 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. Beyond the legal rights of exprsn enshred s nstutn, Taiwan ranked 34th the world (and 2nd Asia, after Thailand) a gay happs x based on the experienc of 115, 000 men om around the world.

And 2017, jt months after Taiwan’s nstutnal urt paved the way for the marriage law by clarg same-sex marriage a legal right, the gay art scene was afford rare mastream attentn wh the exhibn “Spectrosynthis – Asian LGBTQ Issu and Art Now.