There's always been a place I could go to hang out with other gays and make friends. Whilst society always has its bad eggs, I've found Taiwanese society to be very accepting. I think part of this is because, over the past 20-30 years, we see more gay characters represented in the media and on Taiwanese TV/cinema. This has definitely helped to “normalize” us and show that we are not freaks of nature! For example, in the late 1980s, author Pai Hsien-yung published a famous gay novel called “Crystal Boys”, which was recently made into a gay TV series.
