Vice President Lai Ching-te becomes the highest-ranking government leader to attend Taiwan's Pride parade, with 150,000 people celebrating LGBTQ+ equality and diversity. Lai, a potential presidential candidate, joins the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's delegation to show support for liberal values and the legalization of same-sex marriage. Other presidential candidates did not attend, but the youth wing of the main opposition party also expressed support for equality.
Taiwan's Vice President Lai Ching-te marches during the annual Taiwan's Pride parade in Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 28, 2023.About 150,000 people marched through Taipei on Saturday in a riotous and noisy celebration of LGBTQ+ equality and diversity at East Asia’s largest Pride march, with Vice President Lai Ching-te becoming the most senior government leader ever to attend.
“On this road the DPP has always together with everyone,” he said, as scantily clad male dancers passed behind him on the back of a truck. None of the other three presidential candidates attended, although the youth wing of the main opposition party Kuomintang did, with its members shouting that their party also supported equality as they passed by Lai.
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