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LGBT Pride Parade Taipei 2011

By Carrie on November 7, 2011

Taiwan hosted it’s biggest LGBT Pride Parade ever on Saturday, October 29th. Over 30,000 visitors from countries all over Asia came out to show their support for Taiwan’s ninth annual LGBT parade.

The event, which was started in 2001, drew a couple of hundred people during its first year.  Back then, there was only one LGBT parade in Taiwan. This year, parades took place in Taipei, Taichung, Kaoshiung and Hualien.

Homosexuality is legal in Taiwan and it has been illegal to discriminate against sexual orientation  since 2007. Nevertheless, a strong social taboo still exists, and a number of parade-goers still wear masks.

LGBT Pride Parade Taipei 2011

LGBT Pride Parade Taipei 2011

Here are some of my favorite images from the day:

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For more of my images from that day, and for images from previous Pride Parades in Taipei, please visit my LGBT Pride Parade Taipei Flickr set. (That’s me snapping furiously away under the Pride flag at the beginning of the event.)

Carrie Kellenberger at LGBT Pride Parade 2011

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Originally from Ottawa, Canada, Carrie Kellenberger has kept a home base with her husband in Asia since 2003. Carrie and her husband offer free ESL teacher placement services around the world through their company, Reach To Teach. She is also a freelance writer, editor, and photographer in Taiwan. Visit www.carriekellenberger.com for more information.

3 responses to “LGBT Pride Parade Taipei 2011”

  1. JoAnna
    JoAnna
    November 7, 2011 at 4:15 pm | | Reply

    Great photos! I don’t know how that guy in the third photo from the bottom is standing up in those shoes. I could never do it!

    1. Carrie
      Carrie
      November 8, 2011 at 4:26 am | | Reply

      JoAnna,

      I know! Aren’t those shoes crazy? He was the first person I saw at the parade and my legs started aching in protest when I saw his shoes.

  2. Mica
    Mica
    November 7, 2011 at 5:57 pm | | Reply

    This looks so fierce! I love it!

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