I met Chi Chia-wei in November 2016 while covering a rally in support of same-sex marriage in Taipei.
Waving a large rainbow flag, and wearing another for good measure, he told me how he had been jailed after coming out as gay in 1986, when Taiwan was nearing the end of four decades of martial law under the Kuomintang. Chi said he was released early by a teary-eyed judge who felt his imprisonment was unjust.
