Taiwan hosted an LGBT pride parade with approximately 200 people last Sunday (28), International LGBT Pride Day, at Freedom Square in Taipei. The information is from with the BBC.
“We march around the world,” the protesters shouted. The East Asian country overcame Covid-19, reporting no new cases of infection for two months, and organizers decided to remember that more than 500 other parades were cancelled.
Happening now – As # COVID19 forced most of the Pride events around the world to go virtual, #Taiwan is organizing the a Pride Parade titled “Taiwan Pride Parade for the World.” The crowd is slowly gathering outside the Liberty Square at CKS Memorial Hall. pic.twitter.com/35Rrj0Fsss
—William Yang (@WilliamYang120) June 28, 2020
Without Covid-19, Taiwan hosted several Pride parades this Sunday (28/06), while almost everywhere else in the world the parades were and will be virtual only, due to the coronavirus. https://t.co/VfK6fLvTS3 (Reproduction: Internet) pic.twitter.com/dQo5zxdKTR
— Pheeno (@SitePheeno) June 29, 2020
Taiwan Pride is in October. But today's impromptu march was for those who wanted to freely protest on behalf of those who can't because of either COVID19 or oppressive regimes. pic.twitter.com/8wrkfczmfI
— DomoArigatoMrRoboto⁷ (@ledgee) June 28, 2020
