Tens of thousands take to Taipei's streets for Taiwan Pride Parade

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Tens of thousands of people march in Taiwan's capital city Taipei for east Asia's largest LGBTQ Pride Parade, now in its 21st year. The festivities come just months after the Taiwanese government passed an amendment allowing gay couples to jointly adopt children.

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:03 We're here to enjoy the festivities.

00:20 It's my first time in Taiwan.

00:22 And we're just here to have a great time and party and enjoy

00:25 and celebrate diversity from all over the world.

00:27 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:30 The main thing that our theme this year

00:44 is trying to highlight is the fact that while we may realize

00:48 that Taiwan is a very diverse country,

00:50 there is still a bit of a dichotomy in a lot of things--

00:54 male, female, foreigner, Taiwanese.

00:57 What we want to help push forward this year

00:59 is getting rid of those dichotomies and binaries

01:03 and the gender binary as well.

01:04 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:08 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

01:11 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

01:15 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

01:19 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

01:22 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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