November 2024

Will the Chinese Unification Promotion Party Be Dissolved by the Government?

Earlier this month, the Ministry of Interior called for the dissolution of the China Unification Promotion Party. This proves a notable move, in that it proves rare for the government to dissolve political parties on grounds apart from lack of updating relevant contact information, or handing in the necessary documents to stay in operation. This includes political parties that are pro-unification...

Li Kotomi Comes Out as Transgender After Being Outed by Taiwan’s Anti-Gender Movement

Yesterday evening on Transgender Day of Remembrance, critically acclaimed Taiwanese fiction writer Li Kotomi reluctantly issued a public statement disclosing her transgender status after years of being outed, harassed, and doxxed online by anti-gender accounts in Taiwan. Shortly after, Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association issued a statement in support of Li. In addition to her personal TDOR statement, Li also co-organized a “Statement by Authors in Japan Opposing LGBTQ+ Discrimination,” which was signed by 51 novelists in Japan and was released earlier in the day. Li’s public response to her outing comes in the wake of yet another surge in anti-gender discourse online and draws attention to the increasingly transnational character of anti-gender mobilizations in Taiwan...