Taiwan celebrates diversity in East Asia's largest pride parade

More than 180,000 people celebrated LGBTQ+ equality and diversity in Taipei on Saturday (October 26) at east Asia's largest pride parade. The streets of central Taipei were packed for the annual parade, the 22nd since it began, with participants from around the world clad in rainbow-colored attires as they walked and danced along floats. Soar Lin from Taiwan, who attends the parade every year, said he hopes to spread awareness of the importance of LGBTQ+ rights. Taiwan Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim led the ruling Democratic Progressive Party delegation, marching behind a banner reading "Be Yourself". Taiwan legalized same sex marriage in 2019 in a first for Asia and is a bastion of tolerance and liberalism in a region where the rights of sexual minorities are often either suppressed or outlawed. (Production: Katie Tam, Angie Teo) For more ABS-CBN News videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmgUHWUpi2ioSp4xAP1SmAaf For more latest news and analysis from ABS-CBN News videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmg4pcvfM9a96rbUcLD_0P_U For more News Digital News Raw Cuts, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmi83yKJH8Dv0p_3D4cyZKzV Subscribe to the ABS-CBN News channel! - http://bit.ly/TheABSCBNNews Watch the full episodes of TV Patrol on iWantTFC: http://bit.ly/TVPatrol-iWantTFC Visit our website at http://news.abs-cbn.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS Twitter: https://twitter.com/abscbnnews #TaiwanPrideParade #LatestNews #ABSCBNNews