A: The 23rd Taiwan Pride parade will be marching again on Saturday, Oct. 25.
B: Will the parade kick off from Taipei City Hall Plaza as usual?
A: Yup, and there will be over 110 LGBT-themed booths at the Rainbow Festival in the plaza.
Photo: AFP 照片：法新社
B: The organizer is reportedly teaming up with Japanese, South Korean and other international groups.
A: So we are likely to see more foreign visitors from across the world. Hopefully, this year’s parade can smash the record of 200,000 marchers set in 2019.
A: 第 23 屆台灣同志遊行本週六即將登場。
B: 遊行還是從台北市政府前廣場出發嗎？
A: 對，廣場「彩虹市集」還有超過 110 個酷兒主題攤位呢。
B: 聽說活動並串聯日本、南韓等國際社團。
A: 那今年來自各地的外國訪客應該很多，希望能打破2019年20萬人來遊行的紀錄！
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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