Why gay-iendly Taiwan is a creative haven for LGBTQ art | CNN

Contents:

• GAYS THAILAND: IS A LGBT IENDLY UNTRY FOR TOURISM?
• 'HAPPILY EVER AFTER' ELUS TAIWAN, A YEAR AFTER ASIA'S FIRST GAY MARRIAG
• WHY GAY-IENDLY TAIWAN IS A CREATIVE HAVEN FOR LGBTQ ART
• GAY TAIWAN: ASIA’S BT STATN FOR LGBTQ+ TRAVELERS
• BEG GAY TAIWAN

GAYS THAILAND: IS A LGBT IENDLY UNTRY FOR TOURISM?

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'HAPPILY EVER AFTER' ELUS TAIWAN, A YEAR AFTER ASIA'S FIRST GAY MARRIAG

You’ll fd many gay bars at the square behd The Red Hoe, and the area of ShiDa night market is the go-to place for lbians.

WHY GAY-IENDLY TAIWAN IS A CREATIVE HAVEN FOR LGBTQ ART

Neverthels, anti-gay vlence is rare Taiwan and LGBTQ+ lols feel fortable livg out and proud.

Obvly there is still room for improvement, but the attu towards homosexualy Thailand is que open.

I have been to que a few untri, and no other have I seen homosexuals live their sexual orientatn so openly. The reason is that, although daily life Thailand lbians, gays and transgenr people live wh total normaly, Thai law is not as liberal as most of the society.

GAY TAIWAN: ASIA’S BT STATN FOR LGBTQ+ TRAVELERS

In Thailand, homosexual marriage do not exist for now -although the bate over s legalizatn has been on the table for some time-.

BEG GAY TAIWAN

The tolerance of Thai society means that gays, lbians and trans -men and women alike- have a relatively ee life to live and exprs themselv as they are. And surely that is why Bangkok attracts lns of gay tourists, immigrants and expats search of fun, a eer life or a relatnship that their untri of orig would be rejected, clanste or simply impossible.

Although the are nothg but sensatns or beliefs whout much foundatn, this n be extend to gay men, or to anyone who mov away om the heteronormative non. One time I told a taxi driver that I was gay, and he asked me if I drsed as a woman or if I wanted to be a woman.

In fact, this type of discrimatn is rerced by the image that Thai media giv of gay men: ivolo, obssed wh any man who pass by, humoro and foul-mouthed. The gay ncept is actually imported om the Wt and is que flexible, so sometim overlaps even wh that of kathoey. For example, a gay man Thailand may say that he is not a ‘man’, meang that he is not a heterosexual man.

It don’t occur to me that a Wtern gay man would say the same thg, or accept that the term ‘male’ only appli to straight men.

Also, many gay people Thailand tend to intify themselv strongly wh an ‘active’ or ‘passive’ role, somethg that seems que old-fashned the Wt, but not Thailand. The realy may not be that simple, and realy many gay Thais are versatile, but self-intifitn wh an ‘active’ or ‘passive’ role will help them troduce themselv and relate to their gay iends a particular way.

Thai people do not talk to the fay about sex, so is mon that a homosexual man has never explaed at home that he is.

Surely behavr, iends, or the lack of girliends at a certa age will make clear that the boy is gay, even if is never verbalized. Instead, Songkran has bee an unofficial Pri, drawg thoands of gays om all across Asia durg the week of parti and splashy street water fights.

People wave rabow flags durg a mass weddg banquet for gay upl ont of the Printial Palace Taipei 2019. KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - When Taiwan beme the first place Asia to allow same-sex marriage last year, universy profsor Lois was among thoands of gay people who cheered and waved rabow flags on the streets of the pal Taipei.