Pride was commemorated in Taipei this afternoon, with a small parade at Liberty Plaza titled “Taiwan Pride Parade for the World”. Around 1,000 were in attendance, despite showers through the afternoon...
For this week's installment of Radio New Bloom, editor Garrett Dee spoke with Na Young about the effects of COVID-19 on the LGBTQ community in South Korea. Na Young is one of the co-founders of the SHARE (center for Sexual rigHts And Reproductive justicE) and the Queer Action Against COVID-19 Coalition...
The constitutional court ruled to decriminalize adultery yesterday in a ruling which has been hailed as a step forward for sexual freedoms in Taiwan...
With the one year anniversary of Taiwan’s legalization of gay marriage coming up later this month, the Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights has announced a campaign aimed at broadening the scope of transnational gay marriages in Taiwan...
With Taiwan's constitutional court hearing arguments regarding adultery yesterday, advocacy groups hope that Taiwan’s restrictive adultery laws can be overturned. Taiwan is one of the few places in the world to have adultery laws on the books...
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic, the annual commemoration of International Women’s Day did not take place as a march this year, instead taking place as an indoor fair, involving workshops and booths...
More than 200,000 participated in this year’s Taiwan LGBT Pride today, according to organizers. This makes today’s march—the 17th iteration of the annual pride parade—the largest ever in the history of the event...
Plans by Christian groups to hold a referendum on abortion rights in Taiwan have met with backlash from medical groups and women’s groups but should raise concerns nonetheless...
The New Taipei Municipal Banqiao Senior High School announced earlier this month that starting from next year, both male and female students will be allowed greater say in their choice of uniforms. As such, male students will also be allowed to wear skirts as part of their uniforms if they so desire, whereas previously it was only female students that were allowed a choice of whether to wear skirts or pants...
Weeding the rice paddy at 6 AM. Eating at a vegan cafe that showcases local art. And now, sitting in their bookstore that functions as a community space for queer student organizers. Throughout my days with Land Dyke, we moved between worlds that I once subconsciously viewed as separate, the result of a lifetime of being taught to view Taiwan one-dimensionally. Positioned at a complex intersection, Land Dyke embodies wholeness...
