A: As the Taiwan Pride parade enters its 23rd year, the nation also celebrates the sixth anniversary of the legalization of same-sex marriage.
B: However, a poll showed that support for same-sex marriage slightly dropped to 54.3 percent from last year’s 56.5 percent.
A: The government is wavering on whether to extend the Assisted Reproduction Act to same-sex couples, leading to public doubts.
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B: Since US President Donald Trump took office in January, his oppression of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs has also frustrated the global LGBT community.
A: Let’s join the parade in Taipei tomorrow to support gender equality in action.
A: 台灣同志遊行今年進入第 23 屆，同性婚姻合法化也已通過6年。
B: 不過民調顯示同婚支持率從去年56.5％，微幅下降至今年54.3％。
A: 那是因為政府對是否將《人工生殖法》擴及同志搖擺不定、引發社會對此的疑慮。
B: 而美國川普總統1月上任以來，壓迫「多元共融計畫」讓全球同志社群大受打擊。
A: 那我們明天也去台北遊行，用行動支持性別平權！（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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