A Brighter Summer Day
Po Cheng in his one room apartment, New Taipei City, Taiwan, 2019 Po Cheng is 29 years old activist for LGBTQIA+ rights. He grew up in Miaoli, a more conservative part of Taiwan. He tried to come out to his mother when he was twelve but she asked him if he needed to see a doctor, being considered as sick. As a child, his parents would not prevent him to do things considered girly, but his mother would tell him ‘you can do girly things but you can’t be gay’. ‘I tried to laugh about it. People in Miaoli are not exposed to LGBTQIA+ community, so it’s very new to them.Then we didn’t talk about it for many years. When I was twenty I talked to my family again. I told my mother and two sisters that I liked boys. But I didn’t dare to come out to my father. Surprisingly my mother told him and he just said that it was ok. But still my grandparents don’t know, because my parents refuse to talk to them. As we say I came out but my parents are still in the closet. Everyone says it’s open for gay people in Taiwan. But just
- Product Code
- ILEA002291491
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- 2019/4/28 00:00:00
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- Abaca Press / Kyodo News Images
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