Taiwan's capital saw east Asia's largest ever Pride march by LGTBQ+ community

On October 28, Saturday, the LGBTQ community in Taiwan's capital Taipei carried out the largest pride march in East Asia. The Vice President of Taiwan, Lai Ching-te made headlines for joining the march as he was the most senior government leader to ever attend a pride march.

The scale of the march was so huge that around 1,50,000 people attended the march in Taipei.

Vice President joined the march ahead of elections

This pride march comes ahead of the Presidential and Parliamentary elections in January and the Vice President, Lai Ching is in the race to become the President of Taiwan. His attendance in the pride march is also seen as a move to impress people.

While speaking to reporters, Lai thanked those who gave their efforts in legalising same sex marriage in 2019 and those who worked for the equal rights of this community. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing -Wen and her party DPP were in forefront of these efforts.

Praising his party, Lai indicated that DPP has always come together with everyone. He also said that equal marriage rights is not the end, but rather the starting of diversity and that he will steadily stand with the community on this path.

He then joined the DPP delegation who were marching behind the the supporter carrying the banners reading "Democracy Supports Gays".

On the other side, the 3 other presidential candidates did not take part in the march, instead only youth wing of the opposition part Kuomintang joined as they represented their parties' support for the movement.

Taiwan and LGBTQ community

The President expressed her support for the march via a Facebook msg which read "Under the umbrella of Taiwan's democracy and freedom, we learn to accept everyone's characteristics and respect everyone's differences."

The event was highly successful as streets of the city were filled with people and according to the organisers, the participants attending the event numbered around 1.50,000 including foreigners.

It has been 4 years since Taiwan legalised same sex marriages. Taiwan is only country in the Asia that have legalised same sex marriages. The country has been playing on the forefront in the movement. The entertainment industry of Taiwan has also been in the group of handful countries producing films and web series and dramas based on Homosexuality.

On the other side, China, the bullying neighbour has taken the other road over the issue. China has not legalised marriage between people of same sex. It even places restrictions on entertainment content produces over the issue.

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