Out in the World: LGBTQ news from Europe and Asia
Taiwan The 21st annual Pride parade through the streets of the capital city this year marked a major milestone as over 180,000 people marched on Oct.
28 for Asia’s largest Pride parade. Mixed in with drag queens and go-go dancers, Vice President Lai Ching-te became the highest-ranking official to join the throngs of people celebrating the occasion on the streets of downtown Taipei.
The theme of this year’s pride parade was “Stand with Diversity,” came months after adoption rights were extended to same-sex couples in the country and the recognition of Taiwanese same-sex spouses who were married in foreign countries.
Lai, the country’s vice president and a leading presidential candidate, who is running as the progressive party’s candidate in the Jan.
