The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) today said it has participated in the Pride Parade every year and supports LGBTQ+ rights through action, following criticism from an online personality that the party “forgot” to register for the third time.
Internet personality Liu Yu (劉宇), also known as Si Cha-mao (四叉貓), on Facebook earlier today accused the party of forgetting to register.
In 2020 the party said it registered, but actually “forgot,” then sent a group that only walked with the parade for about 800m before leaving, he said.
Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times
In 2022, then-Taipei mayoral candidate Vivian Huang (黃珊珊) when running as an independent walked with the registered TPP delegation for an interview, then left 15 minutes later, he said.
Last year and this year, the party again forgot to register in time, he added.
The TPP in response said that it has attended the parade every year and would again this Saturday.
It also criticized Liu for trying to politicize the event, “trampling on the spirit of this year’s theme of ‘embrace inclusion.’”
The party reportedly signed up before the deadline, but registration had already been filled, so it is participating independently.
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