‘GREATEST PARTY EVER’: The European representative to Taiwan praised the nation’s efforts to improve LGBT rights, but said that more concrete steps are needed
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 28, 2018
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
Nearly 140,000 people from home and abroad yesterday marched through the streets of
Participants at the Taiwan LGBT Pride Parade pose for a group photograph in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
Taipei in support of better protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights, calling on Taiwanese voters to “vote for equality” in the five LGBT-related referendums tied to next month’s local elections.
Taipei’s skies were filled with rainbow flags, as participants departed from Ketagalan Boulevard at 2:30pm and headed in three different directions, before congregating back on the boulevard.
According to the rally’s organizers, Taiwan LGBT Pride, the march, now in its 16th year, attracted about 137,000 people, up from last year’s 123,000.
Due to the annual parade’s growing popularity in Asia and the world, there has been increasing racial, age and occupational diversity among the participants, the organizers said. [FULL STORY]
