The World Gay Parade is held in Asia for the first time! Taiwan beats U.S. to win host

The WorldPride is a sex/gender minority event. The number of participants over the years has reached more than one million, and it has brought many positive impacts to the host city. Therefore, each session attracts major cities around the world to compete for the right to host the parade, and the competition is fierce. . The organizer, InterPride, recently announced that Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, defeated Washington, D.C., the United States in the membership vote, and won the right to host the 2025 World Gay Parade, allowing the event, which has a history of more than 20 years, to move to Asia for the first time. The co-chairman of InterPride said that the first World Gay Parade in Asia is expected to make Asian countries pay more attention to the human rights issues of gender/gender minorities, and also give people from neighboring regions and countries such as Hong Kong, mainland China, Japan, South Korea, and Malaysia the opportunity to participate .

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Members vote for the host city, Kaohsiung, beats Washington to win the host

The World Gay March is the largest gay parade in the world. Its goal is to promote gender/gender minority issues to the world. During this period, a number of cultural events will be held, such as human rights conferences, parades, etc. Since the first World Gay Parade was held in Rome, Italy in 2000, it has been held every few years at first, but in recent years it has been held every two years. The host city of each edition is voted by the members of InterPride, that is, gay parade organizations around the world. London, Toronto, Madrid and other major cities have hosted the event. In November this year, InterPride held its 2021 General Assembly and World Conference, and voted for the host city in 2025. Candidates included the Capital Pride Alliance in Washington, D.C., and the Kaohsiung Pride Parade in Taiwan. Kaohsiung won.

Darien Chen, spokesperson for the Kaohsiung Gay Parade, responded: "The 2025 World Gay Parade Taiwan team would like to thank our predecessors for illuminating our path, InterPride for building this amazing organization and platform, and thank you for voting for us. Giving this precious opportunity to Taiwan and Asia. Now that the four-year journey begins, we plan to drive change in Asia, promote InterPride's vision, and advance human rights around the world."

The economic benefits of holding a world gay parade are huge

In addition to the development of humanities, the World Gay Parade can also bring substantial economic benefits, because people from all over the world will come to the local parade to participate in the parade, and the hotel industry, the catering industry, and even businesses that provide products and services for the gender/gender niche can obtain beneficial. The Kaohsiung World Gay Parade will last for 10 days and will hold a series of activities in Taipei and Kaohsiung, including opening and closing ceremonies, open-air garden tours, concerts, etc. million Hong Kong dollars.

For the first time the World Gay March was held in East Asia, Julian Sanjivan, one of the co-chairs of InterPride, believes that it will make people in Asia pay more attention to the gender/gender minority and their human rights, while millions of people in neighboring countries and regions can also participate in this event. The major events, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia, have helped to set off human rights processes and reforms in countries and regions.

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Due to the epidemic, the local gay parade is still in the market, and the citizens still support it

Although the number of participants in the gay parade in Hong Kong is not as good as that in Taiwan, it is still held every year. The government objected to the parade in November this year on the grounds that the epidemic was severe. Although the parade turned into an indoor market, the number of participants was still considerable. It can be seen that no matter how difficult the situation is, the Hong Kong gay parade is still held in various forms, and Hong Kong people's support for the gender/gender minority has not diminished.

Further reading: When the gay parade turns into a rainbow market｜Dr. Jin Yelu

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