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连参加 #同志运动会 中国都要打压我们拿图中的旗子、用台湾的名称（而非中华台北）。因为中国政府向法国政府施压，主办方因此受到压力。台湾同志运动发展协会理事长杨智群和协会还在向主办方力争。
中国打压台湾，我们国家在国际上的处境犹如同志生活的日常，想用什么样的方式存在于这世界上，处处受霸权压迫、无法自决；更别提LGBTQ族群在中国的处境有多艰困。如果最终连在同志运动会这样提倡平权的场域都被剥夺基本的权利，那真是一大讽刺！
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'We will fight till the last moment to use our national flag at the Gay Games'
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China is trying to stop Taiwan from flying its flag at the Gay Games
'We will fight till the last moment to use our national flag at the Gay Games'
Shannon Power
China is trying to stop Taiwan from flying its flag at the Gay Games
LGBTI advocates in Taiwan are outraged at the Chinese government’s plan to stop them waving their national flag at the Gay Games.
Reports have surfaced that organizers of the Paris Gay Games are under pressure to stop Taiwan from competing under that name. They are also under pressure to stop the team from flying the national flag at events.
China does not recognize Taiwan as an independent country, but rather a Chinese territory. As a result, it is often forced to compete under the name of Chinese Taipei or Taiwan (China) at international events.
The French government had apparently contacted the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) to express its concerns over flying Taiwan’s flag. The Paris Gay Games will run for 10 days in August.
‘We will fight’
But the Taiwan delegates refuse to back down to China’s pressure.
‘Our logical conclusion is that China protests to the French government or otherwise this would not have happened,’ Yang Chih-chun, president of the Taiwan Gay Sports and Gay Development Movement Association told AFP.
‘We hope the FGG can resist pressure.’
Yang is negotiating with FGG over whether it would be called Taiwan or Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) at the games.
‘We will fight till the last moment to use our national flag at the Gay Games,’ he said.
The Gay Games are held every four years after starting in 1982. The Paris games will run for 10 days and attract more than 10,000 participants.
Hong Kong – an official Chinese territory – will become the first Asian country to host the Gay Games in 2022. At those games it will be impossible for Taiwan to compete under its preferred name.
Taiwan is considered to be one of the most progressive country’s in Asia when it comes to LGBTI rights. Last year, it became the first country in Asia to approve same-sex marriage.
China is trying to ban the Taiwanese flag from the Gay Games in Paris
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – As Team Taiwan's 25 person squad prepares to compete in the Gay Games being held in Paris from Aug. 4 through Aug. 28, it has been reported that China is maneuvering to ban the Taiwanese flag from the competition grounds.
Taiwanese activists on Monday, July 23 have criticized China for reportedly pressuring organizers in Paris to prohibit the venue and the athletes from displaying Taiwan’s flag at the competition.
Representatives and supporters of Team Taiwan were already intending to use the venue of the Gay Games to draw attention to the unfair requirement that they compete as “Chinese Taipei” rather than simply as “Taiwan” as most athletes would prefer.
The Federation of Gay Games (FGG) is reported to have previously agreed that it would allow the athletes to compete under the name “Taiwan” and use the national flag, reports AFP.
Yet it seems that may not be 100 percent certain, as China attempts to mobilize political influence to minimize all representations of Taiwan at international events.
AFP reports that the president of the Taiwan Gay Sports and Gay Development Movement Association, Yang Chih-chun, said that the FGG has been in contact with the organization and “expressed concerns” over allowing the flag to be displayed.
Yang expressed a hope that the FGG and the French government could resist the pressure of the Chinese, and allow the team to compete under “Taiwan” and to fly the flag that Taiwanese athletes recognize as representing their country.
Originally they were hopeful that the Gay Games would be an unprecedented opportunity to come out and compete openly with the label of Team Taiwan, under the banner of the national flag. With such hopes in mind the Taiwan LGBT Sport Association proudly unveiled their slogan as "Taiwan comes out!" (台湾站出来).
Gay rights activist Chi Chia-wei (祁家威) who is leading the Taiwanese delegation to this year’s competition was quoted as saying "we will fight till the last moment to use our national flag at the Gay Games."
It would be very disheartening if an event and organization that celebrates inclusion and strives to support marginalized communities were ultimately coerced by an autocratic and oppressive regime, into rejecting the premise of equality, and the right of self-determination being promoted by the Taiwanese athletes.