Warm-up event Global Pride 2020 to take place online Saturday, featuring performances by Taiwan's Abao, DJ Dizparity

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/06/25
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — As business, sports, and entertainment events around the world are halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Taiwan on June 28 will host the only Pride parade in the world to take place during Pride Month this year, with a salute to the 50th anniversary of the first Pride march and the first anniversary of Taiwan's legalization of same-sex marriage.

This year, nearly 500 Pride events across the world have been canceled or delayed due to social distancing rules. However, Taiwan is fortunate to be one of the very few countries that have kept the outbreak under control, recording no new local cases for over 70 straight days.

The Taiwan Gay Sport Association (TGSMA) and other local LGBTI rights groups have therefore decided to stick with the plan to celebrate the global Pride family on Sunday (June 28), which coincides with the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, at Liberty Square next to the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.

TGSMA said participants will be given Pride flags, posters, and signs, on which they can write encouraging words or messages relevant to the parade. The most eye-catching giveaways on Sunday will be Taiwan-made rainbow masks.    [FULL  STORY]