A: This year’s Taiwan International Queer Film Festival just opened last week.
B: And the Taiwan LGBT Pride parade will also take place this Saturday.
A: Isn’t that the largest annual gay event in Asia?
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B: Yeah, it is set to take place in downtown Taipei on Saturday afternoon.
A: Let’s join the parade to support gender equality.
A: 今年的酷兒影展已於上週開幕。
B: 台灣同志遊行也預計將在本週六登場！
A: 那不是亞洲最盛大的年度同志盛會嗎？
B: 對啊，遊行於本週六下午，在台北市區登場唷。
A: 那我們也一起上街頭，支持「性別平權」。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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