The annual party of LGBTQ in Taiwan
Last Saturday, October 31st, was the festival of the annual LGBTQ Pride in Taiwan. I was so excited about this event since I was concerned with a relevant topic and thought it was usually celebrated like a carnival — it took the shape of a carnival. After finishing the course of technical writing, I just went out around 3:20 PM. Because of this, I arrived pretty late at around 3:45 PM when it was around 3:45 PM.
I met my friends at the City Hall, where it is the start and end of this year’s parade route. Because the parade was about to finish, we decided to walk in the opposite direction. On the way, we discovered there are plenty of gays, lesbians, queers, and drag queens. They wore beautiful, fantastic, and unique clothes on the street, which totally presented “Who they are” to the world. Some of them can only show their authentic appearance on that day since they are not fully accepted by society’s norms in their daily routines, including in the workplace, other public areas, or even at home.
However, this event’s meaning is associated with allowing these individuals to behave in their comfortable way and offers an opportunity to catch people’s eye on this critical issue in everyone’s daily lives. According to Taiwan, which is the first and only country that has already legitimized same-sex marriage in Asia, it can be anticipated that the space of the LGBTQ community can be more comfortable, considerable, and respectable soon.
