About 200 people with a Taiwanese background on Sunday took part with Team Taiwan in San Francisco Pride, showcasing LGBTQ+ imagery in ways that contained elements unique to the island nation.
In addition to traditional LGBTQ+ elements, those representing Taiwan also presented the country’s own twist as the first nation in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.
Team Taiwan was made up of expats and members of Taiwanese American organizations such as Taiwanese Americans for Equality.
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The participants also designed signs that highlighted diversity and tolerance in Taiwan.
Other than using a pickup truck in the Taiwan section of the march, participants also dressed their pets up and walked from Market Street at the Bay Area’s Embarcadero Plaza at 10:30am accompanied by the Taiwanese ballad Love Cha-Cha (愛情恰恰).
Team Taiwan convener Alice Lu (呂馥伊) said one of the design motifs for those representing Taiwan included pebbles from the nation, which conveyed its inclusiveness and ongoing work to build a tolerant nation one stone at a time.
Lee Kun-jer (李昆哲), a Team Taiwan member, said he looked forward to sharing the pride of Taiwan’s equality with the US.
The theme of this year’s San Francisco parade was “Queer joy is resistance.”
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