Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/10/28
By: Christie Chen 

Taipei, Oct. 28 (CNA) Tens of thousands of people marched through Taipei Saturday in a colorful annual parade to call for swift passage of legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in Taiwan, and to demand that gender equality education is adequately implemented in schools.

Rainbow flags and people dressed in flamboyant costumes dominated the streets as the Taiwan LGBT Pride Parade, the largest in Asia, was launched from Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office at 2:30 p.m.

Taiwan LGBT Pride Community, the organizer of the parade, estimated that a record 123,000 people from more than 20 countries participated in the parade, which has attracted additional attention this year after Taiwan’s Constitutional Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in May.    [FULL  STORY]