Gay Taiwan: Asia's bt statn for LGBTQ+ travelers

Contents:

• 10 COUNTRI WH THE BIGGT GAY POPULATNS THE WORLD
• HOW TO ATTEND THE WORLD’S BT GAY PRI
• HAVE THEY REALLY E OUT: GAY MEN AND THEIR PARENTS TAIWAN
• “I’M ON PREP, HBU?” – THE MEANG AND INFLUENCE OF PREP AMONG TAIWANE GAY COMMUNY 
• WHY GAY-IENDLY TAIWAN IS A CREATIVE HAVEN FOR LGBTQ ART
• TAIWAN GAY FILM
• GAY TAIWAN: ASIA’S BT STATN FOR LGBTQ+ TRAVELERS
• FORBIDN LOVE: TAIWAN'S GAY UPL SEEK FOREIGN MARRIAGE EQUALY
• DO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGALIZATN MAKE GAY MEN WANT TO HAVE CHILDREN? FDGS OM A PANEL STUDY TAIWAN
• GAY TAIWAN: LOVG AND LIVG GAY TAIWAN-THE DIFFICULT SI (PART 2)

10 COUNTRI WH THE BIGGT GAY POPULATNS THE WORLD

While the film’s universal theme of love helps reach a wi dience, the vivid pictn of the challeng gay men faced the past reflects jt how far Taiwan’s LGBTQ muny has e. “Most gay men still chose to live a very low-key life bee the prsure of havg their sexuali exposed remaed high, ” said Chi, the proment LGBTQ rights activist who began the fight for marriage equaly Taiwan 1986. ’” While Cheng wasn’t old enough to experience life as a gay man the late 1980s, he did have to force himself to assiate to the social norm that “man should love woman, ” as a junr high school stunt.

Published on June 25, 2015 at 4:57 pm by Lists Our list of 10 untri wh the Biggt Gay Populatn the World is likely to tch you by surprise as you’re gog to fd some of the most nservative untri this list as well. However, there are some untri where gay marriage is allowed certa areas for example, 18 stat the US allow their cizens to marry the partner of their choice. Today some of the most succsful TV shows are hosted by people, who are gay, for example, Ellen DeGener is pretty open about her marriage to Portia, her wife.

For some this might e as a surprise as Cha is not known as a untry that supports or promot topics like gay, lbian or bisexual but sce is the biggt populatn on Earth also has the hight number of gay people. 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.

HOW TO ATTEND THE WORLD’S BT GAY PRI

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.

HAVE THEY REALLY E OUT: GAY MEN AND THEIR PARENTS TAIWAN

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 . 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. Rponnts worked hard to prepare for g out and to mimize the risk and the impacts of the procs, their report shows that some parents go through their own procs of g out and/or hidg the closet after their gay son's g out.

Although many parents still see homosexualy as illns, some adopt alternative disurs to reterpret the meang of beg gay as a spirual path to eternal enlightenment or iendship. CDC report has dited that at least one of four gay men should be takg PrEP daily to effectively avoid more extensive HIV transmissn, requirg the participatn of roughly 1, 200, 000 MSM natnwi. For example, some rearchers have raised the ncept of “PrEP stigma” to intify the negative nnectn between takg PrEP and havg excsive sex or Chemsex (g dgs durg sex) among the Amerin gay muny, severely disuragg MSM om takg PrEP.

To disver the answer to the qutns, I have nducted terviews wh gay men who are currently takg PrEP as a preventive measure agast HIV, as well as doctors who specialise fect diseas (whom those who sire PrEP mt first nsult for their prcriptn) to unravel the meang and fluence of PrEP Taiwan. Most of my rmants have exprsed an enthiastic pot of view on PrEP, while some also mentn s negative impact on the gay muny regardg sexual practic and STDs. However, given how much and how long AIDS has been chaed to the LGBT+ muny by the heteronormative media and the public, PrEP has effectively rced many gay men’s anxiety about ntractg HIV.

“I’M ON PREP, HBU?” – THE MEANG AND INFLUENCE OF PREP AMONG TAIWANE GAY COMMUNY 

Dehao: I have always sensed an ternalised homophobia si me…like I feel like we as gay people will evably have HIV someday, so when my doctor remend me to jo this program, my anxiety sudnly got away, and PrEP has been such a psychologil fort for me. Dehao’s nfsn echo the ep entanglement of HIV/AIDS and the gay muny, provg that PrEP not only has s epimlogil effect on rcg the HIV ntractn rate but also serv as an emotnal tranquilliser.

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

The appeal of “on-mand” PrEP among Taiwane homosexual men is straightforward: It sav more pills than g PrEP regularly, given that PrEP is not an affordable meditn Taiwan whout ernment subsidi. ” PrEP has th schled the risk: rather than fearg any possible HIV transmissn durg unsafe sex, gay men may now directly face the danger and manage by takg PrEP “on-mand. Acrdg to my terviewe, disclosg that they are “on PrEP” monstrat their knowledge of sexual health and translat to knowledge pal, which is highly valued the Taiwane gay muny.

TAIWAN GAY FILM

Dpe the potential “risk pensatn” of creased STD ntractn, PrEP and s “on-mand” method has bee a succsful tool for Taiwane gay men to self-ntrol how and when they perform unsafe sex, schlg HIV exposure, and psychologilly prepare to enjoy sex whout much ncern. 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.

GAY TAIWAN: ASIA’S BT STATN FOR LGBTQ+ TRAVELERS

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. One of his most recent projects saw Su film unrealized scen om “The Glamoro Boys of Tang, ” a homoerotic fantasy movie featurg i, killgs and an exorcism, that was released whout parts of the origal screenplay, as Su believ they were emed appropriate nservative 1980s Taiwan.

FORBIDN LOVE: TAIWAN'S GAY UPL SEEK FOREIGN MARRIAGE EQUALY

It was this that saw the openg of LGBTQ-iendly venu like IT Park and the G G Bookstore, which has hoed a gallery space Taipei for more than 20 years, alongsi an explosn gay lerature, nightlife and amic disurse. Organizers of a 2003 exhibn of works ma by gay artists durg nsensual art therapy even felt necsary to clarify the show’s not: “This exhibn is not to show LGBT people need to be cured.

DO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGALIZATN MAKE GAY MEN WANT TO HAVE CHILDREN? FDGS OM A PANEL STUDY TAIWAN

Meanwhile Sgapore, where artists are permted to exhib LGBTQ-themed work spe the fact that gay sex is illegal (a law that is rarely enforced), censorship is also mon. Wh Taiwan attemptg to tablish self as a mercial arts statn (the lnch of the Taipei Dangdai art fair 2019 signaled that the island may hope to challenge Hong Kong’s domatn of the Asian market), the island’s gay artists uld, turn, benef om the growg ternatnal profile.

For the 41-year-old artist and photographer, this curatorial cisn reprents a wir problem facg the arts Taiwan: That gay male artists ntue to take a disproportnate chunk of the limelight. “The majory of curators and llectors are male, and, om my perspective, they are more terted gay male art, ” she said, addg: “We all notice that there are a lot of gay artists ( Taiwan), but if a curator asks, ‘Who’s a lbian artist? ” But whether that means anizatns like his might, an ial future, no longer need to exist, is a moot pot given the wispread challeng facg Asia’s gay artists, he said.

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.

GAY TAIWAN: LOVG AND LIVG GAY TAIWAN-THE DIFFICULT SI (PART 2)

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!

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! 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! Like many plac the world, Taiwan also knows homophobia and anti-LGBT activism, but is different than we know the wtern world: Taiwan, anti-gay vlence is extremely rare. I was told by a lol LGBTQ member that the 2016’s pri march was gog to be a monstratn to the Taiwane ernment, who, at the time, were nsirg amendg their ernment to regnize and clu gay marriag.