LGBT Civil Rights Movement Film Festival September 30, 2008

Check date as event approaches (not yet set, but believed to be taking place in October). Below is a synopsis of last year's festival.

The LGBT Civil Rights Movement, Taipei 2007 is launching on October 5. This year, the event features the theme of "Stand by Queers, Love Taipei" with the “Catching Lesbian and Gay movies” Film Festival and the “Getting to Know Queers” Panel Discussion. This relaxed screening opened for citizens is aimed at getting everyone in Taipei city to know about their LGBT friends who also live in this city.

Scheduled as a three-day weekend event, the “Catching Lesbian and Gay movies” Film Festival programs a series of remarkable LGBT movies made by Taiwan and foreign film makers in recent years. Together with the Q&A sessions after each programme, the event purposes to shorten the distance between citizens and LGBT people by enabling the audiences to understand the LGBT culture. Meanwhile, the “Getting to Know Queers” Panel Discussion showcases the universality of LGBT culture to the public. By discussing queer related topics, it gives the citizens an insight into the context of queer culture, and helps to develop the universal and progressive culture of Taipei City .

LGBT people are not only your friends but also citizens of your city. They are everywhere in the development history and landscape of Taipei City and they share the same living memories of yours. Get close to them and you will love the city even more.

Official Website: http://www.lgbttaipei.net/