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In Taiwan, our culture is not really used to talking about love or your feelings.
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Especially when you are before 18 years old.
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So when I was young, my parents and my teachers always told me, don’t think about anything.
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The only thing you need to do is study.
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And go to a good university and your life will win.
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The Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association was founded in 1998.
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It is dedicated to the achievement of equality for LGBTI people in Taiwan.
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I have been working in Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association for 12 years.
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Tongzhi means LGBTIQ in Mandarin pronunciation.
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We don't have lots of hate crime or physical bullying in schools.
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But people just think you don’t exist.
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Especially when I was young.
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When I was in senior high school or in the university.
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A lot of teenagers committed suicide at that time because they don’t have anyone
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to talk, to discuss their worries and their feelings, their relationship, their love stories.
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Tongzhi Hotline was the first LGBTI organization in Taiwan and remains its largest.
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Today, it works across various regions in Taiwan, with offices in Taipei and Kaohsiung.
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Basically, in the very beginning, I provided a lot of community services
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like support group and also phone counseling.
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And also we helped teenagers who live in the campus who need a support system.
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And also we helped the parents who have LGBT children.
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After a few years, I started to think the policy is really important.
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Two years ago, I tried to win the legislative position in Taiwan.
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So, I’m also the first—I think I’m the first—coming out lesbian candidate in Taiwan as well.
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The Tongzhi Hotline is leading the charge to make Taiwan
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the first place in Asia to achieve marriage equality.
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We want to build a more friendly society.
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So the best way is marriage equality.
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However, we do have a very important policy, in 2004.
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Every student—from elementary school to a senior in high school—they have to take
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at least four hours of class about gender education.
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And the gender education includes LGBT education.
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At that time—you can think 2004—an elementary school student might be seven.
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Right now, he or she is 20.
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So in our 20s generation, the percentage of support for marriage equality is really high. It’s over 85 percent.
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So policy, indeed, impacts people a lot.
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So we are facing a really serious battle. One side is love and acceptance.
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And the other side is hatred, fears, and also rumors around Taiwan.
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So this battle is still going on.
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So we are trying our best to impact the middle people, to support us on our side.