2009.10.31 - Taipei, Taiwan LGBT Gay Pride Parade - Interactive Panorama

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Asia's largest gay pride parade, with a showing of 20,000, including supporters visiting from all over Southeast and East Asia. Even while Taiwan remains one of the more open societies regarding tolerance of homosexuality, gay rights remain limited in terms of military service and parental choice. A week previous, there was a conservative counter-protest, with a tenth of the following.

The ambient sound is of the crowd and the various speakers urging "a more open, developed society." A loose paraphrase of the clearest recorded voice coming from the stage: "Amidst all this happiness today, the question comes to me - Why can't we show this face in daily life, in front of our parents, our co-workers. ... we must always remember our strength in numbers."

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