Taipei Pride - FINALLY!!!

A little over 10 Years of living in Taiwan and I FINALLY got to see / attend the Annual Taiwan Pride Parade.... LOL.... Not because I never wanted to before... more like, I was never, ever around during the other times... either out of town or out of the country.... hard to also plan on this as it happens always in Autumn / Winter time... and am soooo used to San Francisco's annual summer time gay pride parades... where one can really dressed down and show lots of skins.... but that's another time, another story...

Anyway, so we braved the rain and coldness (bundled up a lot) to head down the Parade Route.... an hour's bus ride away.... it was TRULY WORTH IT for me, quite a lot of fun seeing so many beautiful people - just Happy and Proud to show off their TRUE COLORS.... and such beautiful colors they are, that of the Rainbow Flag.... all these peeps braving the rain and coldness - to show their Pride Colors...Because of the weather, i truly did not expect people to show lots of skins... but really, enough people did.... all sizes and shapes.... letting it all hang out.... almost makes one strip down and join in on the fun and the dancing about on the streets.... Braver and Bolder Peeps, I say!!!The whole contingencies are pretty International, too.... lots of EX PATS participating with their friends and better halves.... some great costumes.... a few really phenomenal Drags (i believe from the lad of Down Under)... parents, siblings, friends, and Pets - all rallying with their love ones... and Taiwan's Premiere Gay Dance Clubs, Funky (already a Legend) & JUMP (hip & trendy newcomer), were represented by floats - complete with hotties dancing about.... So many beautiful, indeed!!!

Even my fellow revelers were soooo diverse... young and old alike... some came scantily dressed (saw a man from Japan dressed in just his speedo & a rain jacket alone... and some came overly dressed, but just right for the current weather conditions (like me!)... No matter, a Fun Time was had by all of us spectators, that's for sure.....

MORE TAIWAN PRIDE PARADE PHOTOS HERE (CURRENTLY UPLOADING)