In its bid to raise its presence on the world stage, Taiwan has been pushing hard to increase tourist numbers. Lagging behind rivals Japan and China, the country’s
Taiwan’s tourism bureau has teamed up with Google to create a personalized ad campaign to promote itself as a gay and lesbian haven by promoting “G5” as the largest gay circuit party in East Asia, according to chinatopix.com.
The G5 party to take place over the over the New Year is being promoted on the Internet with dazzling music shows and scantily-clad men.
Asia is not known to be very gay-friendly and has many countries that criminalize same-sex relations. Even if countries do not legally censure gay people with jail sentences, community members are far from open and have to live with social discrimination and stigma.
Israel and far away Thailand are the only two countries that officially promotes themselves as a gay friendly destination in Asia.
“Taiwan is eyeing what is a huge market in a region with a conspicuous lack of LGBTQ draws,” says chinatopix.com pointing out that the United States alone rakes in $65 billion thanks to LGBTQ tourism. It is hoped that G5 will put Taiwan “not only on the gay map but by extension on the short-list as a destination for all travelers.”
Taiwan is already has one of the most equality minded societies with regards to the gay community in the Asia-Pacific region. Taipei the capital is dotted with shrines to Tu Er Shen, the Taoist god of gay men, and the government’s attitude towards same-sex marriage has made greater gains than in Japan, China, or even Australia.
“I think Taiwan is more open than other countries,” Chang Yuan Shao, owner of a gay bookstore in Ximen, Taipei’s gay district told the Taipei Times. “People can walk down the street here in Ximen and hold hands and nobody cares.”
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Why do we have to promote our event in such a manner ???? Scantily clad men ??? Is that what being gay is always about ???? Faint !!!
There are Left and Right
There are Night and Day
There are North and South
There are Reproduction and No Reproduction
You gay know your position and contribution to the world.
That why Gay should get special Protection by Law
The world is already full loads of population and broken.
Reversal stream of Reproduction should be Made since 100 more years ago. We late actually but we have to start.
We need gays to be Visible as Leaders in many fields
This is for world Recovery.
Gays Had been destroyed by Evils Doctrines/ Religions.
Since we were born, growing to Kid and teen.
We gay had been Bullied, Tortured, violent , disturbed by doctrines /religions to destruct gay in correspond to destruct World or Human
that made gay instability and confusing to understand the truth.
That is the aim of Evil.
We need to special school to prepare gays for strategic position.
To be Leaders, Qualified and skill full.
Gays had been in wrong handle of school into the same school as others.
We will need gay Bank, gay hospital, etc.
That why gay travel /Tourism should not emphasis on party solely.
We are gays in the world are brothers-sisters.
consider Our brothers-sisters in North-South Polar that often get freezing.
See Our brothers-sisters in other countries that in Economic Crisis by Deception and Threatening. They need Recovery. How they can see you? You are gay is not Doll-puppet ! You gay are Leaders!
Remember That there are disease , Hate and Defamation Threat gay.
Gay is should not be target of Predators.
Gay should not blind and pay attention who people around you.
See Evil Behaviors that want criminalizing and relation.
If Evils look like Horrible, than none Follower.
Evils should look like Holly, Using Holly and kindness Jacket to attract follower.
I see many big companies both local and International got Crisis or Bankrupt. Why?
Because all employee would need more and more money/fund
for their children and growing children
Nobody want to go to Beautiful Heaven
Although Their words and Dreams/hope is Heaven
They got deception! They are Lier! Lie culture and enjoy to Lie.
that is not Charisma because Our Heart and soul having own true opinion that just deception.
How gay can go to Travel if gay in bad situation or no conducive?
By focusing on the "party" aspect in our community, I feel we do the development of equalization a disservice. We want to be *respected*, not "just" accepted.
LGBT life is only partially about partying - for most of us, it is about *living*
And Rajarasa, you hit the nail on the head! Thank you sir!
in other country " party" is not mean penis party.
How about gay that poor? can you give empowerment or just do not care?
If you refer 'party' as sex only then this is the weakness
you should know where you should walk?
People that always disturb you
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