Taiwan TG Butterfly Garden
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Taiwan TG Butterfly Garden is the first formal transgender support group in Taiwan. It was established in Jhongli City in 2000. The group currently has about 40 members. Many are transsexual; others identify as crossdressers, and others might be described as questioning or transgressive. The group includes former members of an earlier informal group .
The organization served as flag guards on 2005 Taiwan Pride, and demanded for amendments of Gender Equality in Employment Law, along with Awakening Foundation, Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan and Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association.
[edit] External links
- Josephine Ho, The Embodiment of Identity. Briefly mentioned establishment of the group.
In chinese(zh-tw):
- 何春蕤,認同的「體」現:打造跨性別(PDF格式)。訪談多位TG蝶園成員,並於30頁提到團體由來。
- 夏德珍,裝錯軀體的靈魂--TG蝶園 跨性別心靈捕手[1],自由時報,2004年10月4日。