He ʻoihana nui ka LGBT Travel and Tourism ma Taiwan. Wahi a ʻO Gay Travel Asia, ʻo ka mokupuni ʻo Mokupuni kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona gay a ʻoi loa a maikaʻi loa ma ʻAsia. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻohe pili i ka huakaʻi LGBT i ʻike ʻia ma ka Pūnaewele Hōʻuluʻulu Manaʻo o Taiwan.
Ua hoʻonoho ʻia kahi pilikia ma ke kānāwai LGBT e nā poʻe koho balota o Taiwan a ua hoʻoholo ʻia kahi referendum e noi ana e kau palena ʻia ka male ʻana i hoʻokahi kāne a hoʻokahi wahine. He mea hoʻopūʻiwa loa kēia na nā kāne LGBT e manaʻo nei e lilo ko lākou mokupuni i wahi mua ma ʻAsia e ʻae i nā kāne a me ka wahine like e ʻāpana like me ka mālama ʻana i nā keiki a me nā pono ʻinikua.
Nā pono male wahine, male kāne, ʻona wahine, kāne kāne transgender (LGBT) ma Taiwan, ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he Lepupalika o Kina, ua manaʻo ʻia e like me kekahi o nā holomua loa ma Asia Hikina a me ʻAsia i ka nui. Ua kū kānāwai nā hana moekolohe kāne kāne a wahine hoʻi; Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻohe o nā kāne a me nā ʻohana kāne i moe kolohe ʻia e nā kāne a me ka ʻohana like ʻole i kūpono no nā pale kū kānāwai i loaʻa i nā kāne ʻē aʻe.
Ua hōʻike mua ke Aupuni Taiwanese (Executive Yuan) i ka ʻike kū kānāwai i ka male kāne male ma 2003; eia naʻe, ua kūʻē nui ka pila i kēlā manawa a ʻaʻole i koho ʻia. ʻO ka hoʻokae ma ke kumu o ka moekolohe, ka ʻike kāne a me nā ʻano wahine i ke aʻo ʻana ua pāpā ʻia ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa mai ka makahiki 2004. E pili ana i ka hana, ua pāpā ʻia ka hoʻokae kolohe ma ke kānāwai mai ka makahiki 2007.
Ua hele aku ka Taiwan Pride ma 2015 ma kahi o 80,000 mau mea i komo, a lilo ia i haʻaheo lua nui loa ʻo LGBT ma ʻĀkia ma hope o ka paikau ma Tel Aviv, Israel, ka mea i alakaʻi i nā poʻe he nui e kapa iā Taiwan ma ke ʻano he ʻāina liberal i ʻAsia. Ma ka 2018, ua ulu ka heluna i 137,000 poʻe i komo.
Ma ka lā 24 Mei 2017, ua hoʻoholo ka ʻAha Kūkā Kumukānāwai e kūʻē i nā kumukānāwai o ka male male i kēia manawa a he kuleana ko nā kāne male kāne like. Ua hāʻawi ka ʻaha i ka Parliament (Legislative Yuan) i kahi palena ʻoi aku o ʻelua mau makahiki e hoʻoponopono ai a hana ai paha i nā kānāwai i ʻike ʻia ai ke kānāwai male. Wahi a ka ʻaha a ka ʻaha, inā ʻaʻole hoʻokō ka Parliament ma 24 Mei 2019, e lilo ke kānāwai i ka male male ʻole.
Hoʻoholo nā mea koho ma ka Pōʻaono i ka hopena o nā koho balota he 10 i ka Pōʻaono, i waena o lākou he ʻelima e pili ana i ke kūlike o ka male male a inā paha e aʻo ʻia nā pilikia LGBTQ i nā kula. Ua paʻakikī ka kūʻē kūʻē i ke kauoha a ka ʻaha o ka makahiki i hala no ka ʻae ʻana i ka male male kāne, kahi mea nui a LGBTQ activists i ʻōlelo ai he mua ia no ʻAsia.
Ua koho balota ʻo Taiwanese i ka Pōʻaono ma nā koho balota kūloko i ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he hoʻāʻo no ka ʻaoʻao aliʻi a me kahi referendum e pili ana i nā pilina anuanu o ka mokupuni me Kina, kahi i hoʻonui i ka kaomi iā Taiwan e haʻalele i nā manaʻo kūʻokoʻa.
Ke hoʻākoakoa nei nā mea hoʻonāukiuki i nā mea koho balota mua no ka hana male male no ka mea "he nui ka poʻe ʻōpio e hoʻomaopopo i ka manaʻo o ke kaulike kāne," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Chang Ming-hsu, ka luna o ka papahana me ka hui kākoʻo o Taipei i hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Gend Equity Education Coalition. Kūʻē nā hui haipule ma aneʻi i ka male male.
He mea hoʻohoka ka hopena no nā alakaʻi LGBT. ʻO ka balota i ka Pōʻaono, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e nā hui Kalikiano e kū ana ma kahi o 5 pākēneka o ka lehulehu o Taiwan a me nā mea e kākoʻo ana i ka ʻohana ʻohana Kina kuʻuna, ke kūʻē nei i kahi hoʻoholo o ka ʻAha Kumukānāwai ʻo Mei 2017. Ua haʻi aku nā luna kānāwai i nā luna kau kānāwai e hoʻolilo i ka male male ma ke kānāwai i loko o ʻelua mau makahiki, kahi mua no ʻAsia kahi e mālama mau ai nā aupuni hoʻomana a me nā conservative i nā pāpā.
ʻOiai he ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo wale ka manaʻo o ka balota, manaʻo ʻia e hoʻonāukiuki ka poʻe luna kānāwai i ka manaʻo o ka lehulehu ke kū lākou i ka lā palena o ka ʻaha i kēia makahiki e hiki mai ana. E kū ana nā luna kau kānāwai he koho balota hou ma 2020.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ua koho ʻo Taiwanese i ka Pōʻaono ma ke koho balota kūloko i ʻike ʻia he hoʻāʻo no ka ʻaoʻao e noho aliʻi ana a me kahi referendum no ka pilina ʻoluʻolu o ka mokupuni me Kina, kahi i hoʻonui ai i ke koi iā Taiwan e haʻalele i kekahi manaʻo no ke kūʻokoʻa.
- Ua hoʻoholo ka poʻe koho pāloka o Taiwan i kahi hōʻemi i ke kānāwai LGBT a ua hoʻoholo i kahi referendum e noi ana e kaupalena ʻia ka male ʻana i hoʻokahi kāne a me hoʻokahi wahine.
- Hoʻoholo ka poʻe koho i ka Pōʻaono i ka hopena o 10 mau koho balota i ka Pōʻaono, ma waena o lākou ʻelima e pili ana i ke kānāwai o ka male kāne kāne a inā pono e aʻo ʻia nā pilikia LGBTQ i nā kula.
