LGBTQ Rights

Taiwan's pride parade celebrated its 22nd anniversary on Saturday, with hundreds of thousands of exuberant participants hitting the streets of Taipei to revel in the festivities and call for a more inclusive society.

More than 2,500 people came together for the 6th Taiwan Trans March in Taipei on Friday evening to voice support for the transgender community in Taiwan and advocate for gender equality, according to the organizer.

The 22nd Taiwan Pride parade -- scheduled to take place in Taipei on Oct. 26 -- will showcase the theme "Embrace Inclusion," organizers said on Tuesday.

A range of "rainbow sightseeing bus tours" will be launched in Taipei in October as part of Pride month celebrations, the city's Department of Information and Tourism said Thursday.

The Taipei High Administrative Court on Thursday blocked a bid by a transgender woman to change her legal gender without an official diagnosis of gender dysphoria.

The Taipei High Administrative Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a transgender man who sought to alter the gender specified on his identity card and ordered household registration authorities to make the change.

Support for same-sex marriage has hit a new high among Taiwanese nearly five years after gay couples were allowed to get married in Taiwan, according to the results of a survey released by the Taiwan Equality Campaign on Friday.

Almost 70 percent of people in Taiwan expressed their support for same-sex marriage in a recent telephone survey conducted by the Cabinet, with the approval rate nearly double the level in 2018, the year before it became legal in Taiwan.

Advocacy groups and scholars focused on children's rights at the second public hearing for amending the Assisted Reproduction Act on Thursday, amid heated debate over surrogacy, assisted reproductive services and expanding the law to include single women and lesbian couples.

Women's rights groups have urged the government to address single women and lesbian couples' access to sperm and egg donation separately from surrogacy when amending the Assisted Reproduction Act.