Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Saturday offered her congratulations to the Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind for winning RuPaul’s Drag Race, the first person from East Asia to take the crown.
Taipei, Taiwan — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Saturday offered her congratulations to Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind for winning “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” the first person from East Asia to take the crown. Tsai and her ruling Democratic Progressive Party have championed LGBTQ+ rights making the island a bastion of liberal values, and in 2019 Taiwan legalized same sex marriage in a first for Asia.
” Taiwan’s capital Taipei hosts East Asia’s largest Pride march every October. Last year, Vice President Lai Ching-te, who won election as Taiwan’s next president in January, marched at Pride becoming the most senior government leader ever to attend. Nymphia Wind was already a well-established artist on Taiwan’s thriving drag scene, often wearing over-the-top outfits inspired by bananas, and has done shows at Taiwanese temples and photo shoots at wet markets dressed as a banana.
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