Taipei schedules series of Pride Month eventsBy Tsai Ya-hua and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaipei is marking Pride Month this month with a series of activities, starting with “rainbow” bus tours set to begin tomorrow and finishing with a weekend of light shows outside Taipei City Hall starting on Oct. 28, the Taipei City Government said on Wednesday. Officials made the announcement at a news conference held atop a “rainbow road” that has been painted on a stretch of pavement in the plaza in front of Taipei City Hall, similar to the Rainbow Sixthat adorns the crosswalk in front of Ximen MRT Station Exit 6. Photo: Tsai Ya-hua, Taipei TimesThere is still a lot of work to be done to achieve LGBT and gender equality, but officials and Taipei City Council members would do everything in their power to support LGBT causes to show that the city cares, Liu said. The department commissioned Weary World to design a 1.2m by 1.4m statue based on the theme “fundamental [chicken] rights” (雞本人權) that would be erected in front of city hall in the coming weeks. Information on the Pride Month events can be found at the department’s Web site, Travel Taipei.

Source: Taipei Times October 01, 2020 15:56 UTC