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Kaohsiung Pride Makes Bid To Host WorldPride 2025 in Taiwan

Promoting the visibility and awareness of LGBTQ+ issues on an international level, WorldPride (licensed by InterPride) is a celebration that includes parades, marches, festivals and cultural activities in a different international city every few years. The first WorldPride was held in Rome, Italy, in 2000 and has subsequently been held[…]

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‘Papa & Daddy’ Breaks Barriers as Asia’s First Original Series About Gay Parenting

On April 23, Asia’s first gay parenting webseries, Papa & Daddy, was released on GagaOOLala. The family comedy is six episodes long and stars Malaysian-Chinese actor and singer Melvin Sia (謝佳見), a two-time recipient of the Malaysia Golden Awards, and up-and-coming Taiwanese actor Mike Lin (林輝瑝). Papa & Daddy tells[…]

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The Legality of Love: This Valentine’s Day, Remember That LGBTQ People Are Illegal in a Third of the World

LGBTQ criminalization remains a reality for too many people, as 68 countries — over a third of the world — continue to criminalize consensual relations.

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This Sunday, Taiwan Will Host One of the World’s Only In-Person Pride Celebrations

“Taiwan has Pride! Pride enough for everyone!” That’s the sentiment of Taiwan Pride 2020, a Pride celebration that will take place this Sunday, June 28, and which seems to be the only Pride Month event of its kind — an in-person celebration that flies in the face of the current[…]

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