Pride-goers displayed a giant rainbow flag outside Taiwan’s memorial hall for the late autocratic leaderChiang Kai-shek. Chiang died in 1975 but his memory still angers Taiwanese people.
While some praise him as an anti-communist hero, Taiwanese people remember him as a despot who imprisoned and killed opponents.
Some chanted ‘Fuck you, Chiang Kai-shek’ until police encouraged them to move on. But the main message of the event on Sunday (28 June) was global LGBT+ unity.
Organizers billed it as the ‘Taiwan Pride Parade for the World’ and it attracted a few hundred Taiwanese and ex-pat Pride-goers.