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There are many fascinating places to discover in Taiwan and lgbtq+ travellers should experience positive about travelling all around. Taiwanese people are among the most accepting and friendly folks around and would never want to make visitors to their country undergo unwelcome. Mostly they just don’t look after about sexuality.
Of course, as with most places, attitudes are less progressive in more rural areas so travellers who are looking for more of a buzzing scene should head to the bigger cities rather than the countryside.
Taipei, as the capital, naturally has the biggest gay scene with a diverse gaybourhood and the aforementioned Pride. This is where homosexual travellers who prefer to be out in the exposed will feel most at home. Other big cities, namely Taichung and Kaohsiung, might not sense quite as liberal but still hold fun LGBT scenes.
Once travellers start heading to other cities, like Tainan, they will find much less on offer in the form of flamb
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Experiencing Taiwanese Food
Taiwanese cuisine knows many influences from Japanese and Chinese cuisine and many from specific (southern) Chinese regions. One of Taiwan&#x;s specialties is soup dumpling, Xiao Long Bao. These aren&#x;t just dumplings, because their skin is really thin and filled with tasty broth and meat, fish and/or vegetables. The original Xiao Extended Bao comes from Shanghai, but the Taiwanese include perfected the recipe. The top restaurant to food the best soup dumplings is Din Tai Fung. The original restaurant is located on Xinyi Highway in Taipei. Another dish you must try is Taiwanese beef noodle soup! If you like eating street food, stinky tofu is a must-try. It&#x;s a strong-smelling fermented tofu, which you can discover in night markets or food stalls on the streets. Another world-famous thing you can&#x;t miss in Taiwan: bubble tea. Since its invention in the s, it has grow increasingly popular and you can now find it all over the nature. It&#x;s a tea-based beverage with milk, sugar (optional) and chewy tapioca pearls.
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Sex/Gender Rights Association Taiwan
A coalition of lesbians and gays, transgendered persons, multi-sexuals, sexual dissidents, gender/sexual rights activists, AIDS activists, human rights activists, students, lawyers, teachers working for gender issues and sexual rights. Their goal is to dismantle the discrimination and oppression of gender and sexual minorities in the social institutions of the family, the education system, politics, the economy and the law.
Founded in , TTHA became the first nationally registered LGBT association in the country. They are located in a enormous, prime location, with offices and facilities for hosting meetings of various LGBT groups. Their private hotlines are open Thu-Mon, from 7pmpm, with three full-time workers and 4
Taiwan holds Asia's largest Pride after gay rights milestone
Around , people marked in Taipei on Saturday for Asia's largest Pride parade.
Taiwan Pride took place months after adoption rights were extended to same-sex couples in the land, which is at the forefront of LGBTQ rights in Asia.
Drag queens and go-go dancers were among the throngs of people celebrating the occasion on the streets of downtown Taipei.
Taiwan is home to a thriving LGBTQ community, and the event also attracted people from around the region and beyond.
"Under the umbrella of Taiwan's democracy and release, we learn to accept everyone's characteristics and respect everyone's differences," President Tsai Ing-wen wrote on Facebook.
Top politician voices support
Vice President Lai Ching-te becoming the most senior government leader ever to join the pride march, which marked its 21st iteration this year.
Lai and Tsai, both of the center-left Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), championed marriage equality in
"On this road the DPP has always been together with everyone," he said.