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Good night, the following are the current events of the week selected by Zouzou for you/you:
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Focus on Taiwan｜ Gay family co-adoption passed the third reading
On May 17, the “International Day Against Homophobia” and the eve of the four-year legalization of same-sex marriage, the Legislative Yuan revised and passed Article 20 of the “Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. , to jointly adopt unrelated children. Following the opening of cross-border same-sex marriage in January this year, it has taken another step towards marriage equality.
On the eve of last year’s Chinese New Year, Zouzou interviewed the first “gay unrelated adoptive family” in Taiwan and the first legally recognized “gay unrelated adoptive family” in Asia at that time. Click on the link to read their stories
Wang Zhenwei, Chen Junru and their daughter Rourou are the first gay family in Asia to successfully “double-parent adopt” their unrelated children. (Photo by Tang Zuoxin)
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Outside the gender number｜ China’s index gay group closed due to “force majeure”
“I hope that one day we will meet again with each other’s pride.” Also on the eve of the International Day Against Homophobia, the large Chinese gay NGO “Beitong Culture” announced on Weibo late at night on the 15th that it was closed due to “force majeure”. The environment is tightened, gender and LGBT-related groups and activities have ceased to operate one after another, and Beitong culture has not been spared, which also highlights the increasingly severe living conditions of sexual minorities.
Founded in 2008, Beitong Culture, formerly known as the “Beijing Gay Center”, is committed to promoting the rights and interests of LGBTQ groups in China, including providing psychological support services and multi-gender education. In the accompanying picture of the outage announcement, Beitong Culture wrote: “May Chinese citizens enjoy equal rights in all aspects regardless of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.”
The Chinese LGBTQ non-profit organization “Beitong Culture” announced its closure due to “force majeure”. (AP)
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I can’t be the only one seeing it｜ Her 100-Hour Cooking Marathon
Sleepless, continuous cooking for 100 hours without a break? Nigerian celebrity chef Hilda Effiong Bassey recently launched this marathon cooking challenge, trying to break the record of 87 hours and 45 minutes set by another female chef, Lata Tondon from India in 2019.
Watched and witnessed by a large number of fans at the scene, Bessie cooked 55 dishes and more than 100 meals while dancing to the music during the 100-hour period. Although the result is still waiting for the official certification of the Guinness World Records, she has already Become a sensational star figure in the whole country. Bessie emphasized that her motivation for challenging the record is to increase the visibility of Nigerian cuisine: “Nigerian cuisine is so healing, the more dishes are seen, the more people are willing to try them.”
Extended reading ➤➤Sonayu ‘s column: In India, can you find a woman who is free in the kitchen?
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Hot discussion in the community｜ The live-action movie “The Little Mermaid” is released
Discriminatory remarks based on race and gender have frequently appeared in Taiwanese campuses recently, and since the live-action version of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” (The Little Mermaid) announced that the black female singer Halle Bailey (Halle Bailey) will play the heroine Ariel, she has targeted her The backlash against the different skin color from the original version has not subsided. Some people in the community launched a “#NotMyAriel” hashtag to boycott, but there are also many parents who shared their little girl’s amazed reaction when they saw the mermaid princess with a similar skin color to them.
As “The Little Mermaid” will be released globally this week, Holly Bailey said frankly in an interview that her life experience as an African-American woman made her expect all kinds of malicious remarks, “Ariel in my imagination is The version everyone knows and loves – fair skin, red hair – looks different from me… When I was a kid, seeing a mermaid princess with dark skin could change my life… Let them know They are beautiful and they can be princesses; when they grow up, it will be normal.”
Further reading ➤➤Zhu Jiaan: Can Snow White be black? Talking about Disney’s “political correctness” from five perspectives
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Good Event ｜ Menstrual Carnival
This Sunday is the annual World Menstrual Day! The reason why it is set on May 28 is because the average length of a woman’s menstrual period is 5 days, and the average menstrual cycle is 28 days. On this day that focuses on women’s menstrual periods, a “menstrual carnival party for everyone” will be staged in Huashan, Taipei. Menstrual elements will run through a series of activities such as art creation, interactive games, lectures, performances, and workshops, allowing the public to discuss, Share and “play” the rich appearance of menstruation, please click the link for registration and detailed event content.
Extended reading ➤➤ “The uterus and vagina are 3D!”: 18-year revolution of menstrual guru Vanessa
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