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Global LGBTQ event cancelled after demand to remove Taiwan s name

By Thomas A. Smith

Taiwan on Friday blamed political considerations for the cancellation of the WorldPride 2025 Taiwan after it said the organisers had insisted that the name Taiwan be removed from the title.

Taiwan participates in global events such the Olympics Games as Chinese Taipei , to avoid political problems with China which views the democratically-governed island as its own territory and bristles at anything that suggests it is a separate country.

Taiwan s southern city of Kaohsiung had been due to host the WorldPride 2025 Taiwan event after winning the right from global LGBTQ rights group InterPride.

Organisers in Kaohsiung said InterPride had suddenly asked them to change the name of the event to Kaohsiung , removing the word Taiwan .

via www.msn.com

Hmm. That’s weird.