The act originated from Taiwanese local feminism movement in 1980s, began to be drawn in 2000, and was announced in 2004.
1988, Awakening Foundation published a handbook, which examined the official edition of textbooks of primary and high schools on language and social science, and concluded them full of gender stereotypes.
In the end of the same year, Sexual Assault Prevention Act was passed quickly because of the shock of the rape-murder case of a feminist Peng Wan-ru.
[3] During the draft the committee was shocked by the death of student Yeh Yung-chih, who was later considered as having Gender dysphoria.
The draft of Gender Equality Education Act was completed in May 2003, passed Executive Yuan meeting on March 31, 2004, and then entered stage of legislation.
The "NGO League of Promoting Gender Equality Education Act" (性別平等敎育法民間推動聯盟) was then formed.
Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association has been hosting "Understanding LGBT" workshop for teachers since 2000.
[1] On March 30, 2006, Ministry of Education ruled that any campus-wide competition or selection campaign (such as beauty contest) must summit project to the gender equality commission of the school.