Taiwan's LGBT communities face backlash to marriage victory

Education policy targeted as conservatives fear teachers will turn kids gay

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The LGBT communities of Hualien, about 120 km south of Taipei, show that Taiwanese outside the island's capital can raise the rainbow flag, too.

KENSAKU IHARA, Nikkei staff writer

TAIPEI -- Taiwan, which hosts one of Asia's largest Pride parades every autumn, has long been known for its progressive attitudes toward LGBT communities.

But now that the island has legalized same-sex marriage, it might come to be known for a conservative backlash against the gay community.

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