Freed from coronavirus, Taiwan celebrates Pride Month

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With its coronavirus outbreak defeated, Taiwan hosted one of the few pride marches around the world on Sunday.

With its coronavirus outbreak defeated, Taiwan hosted one of the few pride marches around the world on Sunday as the island's LGTBQ community and their supporters took to the streets.

"I'm here to march for France," Cookie, a French drag queen who has been living in Taiwan for the past six years told AFP. Taiwan was one of the first places to be struck by the virus when it burst out of central China, but over the last five months has quashed the outbreak. "Knowing that over 475 pride events around the world have been cancelled broke my heart," event organiser Darien Chen told AFP.

 

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