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The 11th Kaohsiung Gay Parade took place this afternoon (28). Mayor Gao Chen Qimai, who once supported city councilors to fight and help set up a rainbow landscape at Pier-2 Special Art Zone, was unable to attend the parade today due to his official hours, but had a face before the parade. The book said: “I have always believed that people who love each other are a basic right.” “Apple News” came exclusively to the top floor of the Gaoshifu Four-Dimensional Administration Center this morning and quietly hoisted the rainbow flag, along with the national flag and the Gaoshi flag. Floating in the sky; Interestingly, although Chen Qimai himself was absent from today’s parade, some supporters held up a banner with a large “Mai” and walked in the procession. This is an alternative way of allowing Mayor “Mai” to participate in the parade.
Gao City News Director Dong Jianhong said Mayor Chen Qimai advocates that Kaohsiung is a city of love and tolerance, and respects that love is a human right. The Kaohsiung city government raised the rainbow flag at the Siwei and Fengshan administrative centers, and prayed that this great city would be more colorful. Multiple.
The 11th Kaohsiung Gay Parade will be held this afternoon in Yancheng District. The theme is “We! Around you!”, Which appeals to “Comrades surround your life too. Let’s explore the history of gay life here!” Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Qimai has expressed that he has an itinerary and would not attend the parade, but emphasized: “Seeing the people they love together is very happy for them.”
Chen Qimai posted a message on Facebook at 1am this morning, supporting “We! Around you! Love and tolerance are the most beautiful spirit in Taiwan, and it is also the nutrient that makes Taiwan more colorful. and diverse. Before love, everyone is equal. I have always believed in love. Being together is a basic right. It has been a long journey, but it is very happy for them to see people in love together. #Loveislove “.
Although Chen Qimai, the Kaohsiung city director, will not appear at the gay parade today, “Apple” arrived at the Kaohsiung City Government Four-Dimensional Administration Center this morning. A national flag, a Kaohsiung city flag, and a rainbow flag were flown from the flagpole on the top floor. Gaoshi News Director Tung Chee-hong said that people who love each other have a basic right to be together. Kaohsiung has a diverse ethnic group and culture. On this day, the Kaohsiung city government raised the rainbow flag at the Siwei and Fengshan administrative centers to pray for this great city to be more colorful and diverse. .
This year’s Kaohsiung Gay Parade called for “comrades to surround your life, let us explore the history of gay life together!” It is the only travel activity in Taiwan that joins the global organization “InterPride”. The parade was divided into six brigades, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. More than a hundred homosexual societies and friends of homosexuals participated in the parade. The rainbow market started at 11:30 am, displaying and selling various gay products. There were also booths set up by human rights and marriage equality groups, and the scene was packed.
Special guests participating in this afternoon’s parade included Rui Qiaodan, Representative of the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei, Chairman of the Time Force Party, Legislator Chen Jiaohua, Civil Affairs Secretary Yan Qingzhi of the city government of Gao, Economic Development Secretary Liao Taixiang and Kaohsiung City Progressive Democratic Party Councilor Jian Huanzong, Gao Minlin, Qiu Junxian, Huang Wenyi, as well as Times Power Gao City Councilor Lin Yukai, the Gao City Councilor Huang Jie, Yunlin County Councilor Liao Yuxian, and others participated in the rally to support the comrades.
This afternoon, the parade will depart from the meeting point of the junction of Gongyuan 2nd Road and Dacheng Street after 2 p.m. The parade will detour along Wufu 3rd Road, Chenggong 1st Road, Zhongzheng 4th Road, Dadao Road, Qixian 3rd Road, Gongyuan 2nd Road and other sections. It was originally expected to return to the starting point at 4pm, but due to the number of participants exceeding expectations today, the parade stretched for over 2 kilometers. It is estimated that more than 60,000 people participated, which is 2 to 3 times last and the second largest gay parade this year. All the participants did not return to the starting point until approximately 5pm.
The organizer subsequently invited rainbow ambassadors Abao Abang, Lin Junyi, Suming Schumien, Cao Yawen, Lu Qiang Amuyi, Shao Yu Sawyer, Yusu Spicy Huang Xiaoai, Ljegai, and Wen Qing and other enthusiastic and friendly entertainers to take turns. to represent relay performances. Gao Tong Nivea and the talk show queen Long Long acted as hosts. Among them, Lin Junyi brought a new gay song “A Good Year”, Cao Yawen also prepared a new gay song “Xiandan” MV to be released for the first time on the scene, Huang Xiaoai has a new interpretation of “SLAY”, etc. . Eggs and sincerity are full.
The golden melody singer Abao Abang sang four works, singing and dancing alongside the gay friends who participated in the parade, dressed on stage to accompany the dancers, the catwalks, the lively carnivals broke the table, and also interacted with the fans on stage and taught the Aboriginal folk language. When the fans kept shouting Encore, the four backing tapes they brought were not enough, in the end they had to sing a cappella and sing with the fans, ending today’s performance and gay parade with the cheers and screams of the fans.
The Kaohsiung Gay Parade will screen the movie “Rose Boy” at the Kaohsiung Active Church (EMI) tomorrow at 14:30 pm, Kunshan University of Technology Assistant Professor of Video Communication Design, Lin Shuyi , curator of the 4th Women’s Film Festival, and the transgender Xiaomei There will be talks after the screening, register: https://reurl.cc/5qEKLv.
This is the third time that Huang Jie, who participated in the Kaohsiung Gay Parade, participated in the parade together with Yunlin County Councilor Liao Yuxian. He said that Kaohsiung is greater than ever. It is an international tour. It is particularly significant to go out this year. May the world see Kaohsiung and Taiwan’s support for comrades. She said that Kaohsiung has a rainbow landscape this year. Thanks to Mayor Chen Qimai for his support. The government will work together to make this happen.
Huang Jie said that the former Gao city government was relatively conservative and depressing towards a gay-friendly environment. The change of dynasty has finally changed. Today, seeing so many people take to the streets, as well as thanking the government for its achievements in preventing epidemics and the organizers for their efforts. He said that Mayor Chen has always been very supportive of respect for gender and equality, and he is also very active, but it is a pity that he is absent today. He made an appointment with the mayor a year in advance, hoping that next year he can have free time and leave Kaohsiung’s gender-friendly environment. Everyone knows that the mayor is next to his colleagues.
Huang Jie candidly said that at present, she feels that there are still certain obstacles to promoting gender equality and kindness on the internet and in parliament. She is convinced that after the same marriage is not the end but the starting point of gender friendship, she hopes that Kaohsiung will lead all of Taiwan and even become Asia. , Friendly cities of the world that promote gender equality and progress.
Guzifer, CEO of the Kaohsiung Gay Parade Alliance, enthusiastically said when interviewed after the parade that there were more than 60,000 parades today and the team was more than 2 kilometers long. This shows that Kaohsiung has a high degree of acceptance of gay and human rights issues. He said the theme of this year’s parade is “Us! Around you!” In Chinese, it means “we are here”. He originally thought that “we” refers to comrades, but after extending it, he discovered that “we” are actually everyone, everyone, and because we understand each other. , Create more dialogues, just to find out how beautiful others are.
Agu said that after the first year of marriage, she was often asked, “Where do the rights and interests of homosexuals go now?” He said homosexuals still have many rights to fight for, including cross-border marriages, artificial reproduction and adoption. After 10 sessions of the same tour, I hope to go back to basics and think about why we have a parade, that is, for everyone to see us, we are not different, to create more dialogues, just like today, it is a beautiful carnival. People come together and different advocates come in to create more space for dialogue.
He also specially thanked the Government and Parliament of Gao City for their assistance in the parade, including creating a unique rainbow landscape in Taiwan. In the future, he hopes that the Kaohsiung tour will get bigger and bigger and more people will come together to see more positions and Dialogue between cultural people will make the society more friendly.
The Kaohsiung Gay Tour has crossed the first 10 years and entered the eleventh new milestone this year. Due to the passage of the same marriage law last year, the Kaohsiung Gay Parade Alliance decided to expand the organization. In addition to reviewing past events, witnessing the changes in Kaohsiung, and adjusting the content of activities, six series of online parades, physical seminars, and guided outdoor movie tours have been conducted through live broadcasts to enable more people watch the Kaohsiung Gay Parade and expand international exchanges.
The organizer stated that although the activities of the Kaohsiung tour were organized by unpaid volunteers since the beginning of the year, due to the long period of the event, lighting and sound equipment was added to the parade to create an ideal sound environment for the stage. of the singers after the parade. Therefore, it is necessary to rent related equipment and rent tents at the Rainbow Market on site. The total cost of the parade is estimated to exceed one million yuan. Previously, 600,000 yuan had been raised through online fundraising, which is equivalent to more than 500,000 yuan. The same traveler’s registration. (Reported by Zhou Zhaoping, Zeng Peiying / Kaohsiung)
