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Contents:

• GAY STREET TAIPEI (CY)
• TAIWAN GAY PRI: THOANDS THRONG TAIPEI STREETS
• GAY TAIPEI TAIPEI CY GUI
• THE BEST TAIPEI GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS TAIPEI
• GS GAY HOTEL - HOSTEL PHOTO GALLERY FOR GS GAY HOTEL - HOSTELFRONT OF PROPERTYFREE WIFI, BED SHEETSPROPERTY AMENYRECEPTNROOFTOP TERRACE 39+ OVERVIEW OF GS GAY HOTEL - HOSTEL OVERVIEWROOMSLOTNAMENIPOLICI GS GAY HOTEL - HOSTEL
• WHY GAY-IENDLY TAIWAN IS A CREATIVE HAVEN FOR LGBTQ ART
• GAY TAIWAN
• GAY TAIPEI · CY GUI

GAY STREET TAIPEI (CY)

From the typil tourist attractns of night markets, templ and hot sprgs to the sophistited hotel, rtrant and fe scene, the cy is emergg as one of the most gay iendly and welg statns Asia. Add a cisg gay beach, gay hot sprgs, circu parti and the hot and mcled native Taiwane guys and you are set for a holiday to remember. Taipei’s ma gay scene is centered around the Red Hoe entertament plex and Ximan, a verable gay village full of bars wh large outdoor terrac.

The ma gay scene is centered around the Red Hoe entertament plex and Ximan, however there are many other gay venu dotted around the cy, most notably the Jhongshan area jt north of Ximen, Zhongshan Dunhua and Taipei Cy Hall to the east. 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. 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.

TAIWAN GAY PRI: THOANDS THRONG TAIPEI STREETS

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.

GAY TAIPEI TAIPEI CY GUI

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.

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.

THE BEST TAIPEI GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS TAIPEI

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. 1, Yumen Street, Zhongshan District, Taipei Cy The Red Hoe (西門紅樓) at Ximendg The Red Hoe is an inic buildg loted Ximendg, the unofficial gay district of Taipei.

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Surround by outdoor gay bars, this creative space is filled wh LGBT-iendly stor rangg om gay clothg boutiqu to massage parlors and hair salons.

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

7, Lane 56, Xsheng South Road, Da’an District, Taipei Cy 106 228 Peace Memorial Park Established 1908, this historic park beme a symbol of LGBT life after earned s reputatn as a gay cisg area the 60s and 70s. Although not exclively a gay park, hosted Taiwan’s first gay pri ftival 1997 and was the settg for Pai Hsien-Yung’s (白先勇) renowned gay novel, “Crystal Boys (孽子)”, makg the park an inic space for LGBT culture.

Hsu joed the W when opened 2011, and wh help om fellow team members Julian L and Gary Lee (both of whom are openly gay), she’s pecially attuned to happengs the cy’s LGBT scene. 2-28 Peace Memorial Park“Formerly lled Taipei New Park, and loted right ont of the Printial Palace, this is one of Taipei’s most well-known and historil gay spots.

GAY TAIWAN

”G G Bookstore“Opened 1999 by Taiwane gay rights advote Lai Zhengzhe, this is the first gay bookstore Greater Cha, stockg lerature, vios, magaz, and more.

GAY TAIPEI · CY GUI

In 2007 the ernment transformed Red Hoe to a theater, but wasn’t a succs until outdoor gay bars started to fill out s South Square. Before that, was hard to fd a wtern-style cktail bar jt for gays, sce most of Taipei’s gay bars were diss, nightclubs, or Japane karaoke bars.

Gog to the Gay Street Taipei (Cy) is a great way to have fun, you n make any plan wh your good iends or uple due to the fact you n unver all sorts of venu, such as clubs or diss. As fed parts of ci rather than separate rerv, gay regns spire a sense of cln and acceptance for LGBT dividuals who may really feel victimized other plac where heterosexualy guil the day.