The parade held in October 2019 attracted more than 200,000 participants, making it the largest gay pride event in East Asia.
[15] Taiwan Pride is still primarily a social movement, with little advertisement — there are even complaints that local gay-targeting corporations give too little support to the parade.
Taiwan Pride share the road with cars, bikes and bystanders, and is subject to regular traffic control.
The first Taiwan Pride parade was held on November 1, 2003, coinciding with the fourth Taipei Fun Festival (台北同玩節), which had been the first city-sponsored homosexual event in 2000.
As part of the government-sponsored Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights Movement, the parade received NT$70,000 from the city government.
Mayor (later President) Ma Ying-jeou gave a speech at the end of the parade, saying that Taipei as an international city should respect individuals of different groups and cultures.
Many commercial organizations sponsored the parade, including Eslite bookstore, the Fridae gay dating website, and PRI.V"ee.
Taiwan Pride was held 13 October 2007 in Taipei with the parade slogan "Rainbow power".
In the middle of the road, the crowd organized a "rainbow landscape" which contains the 6 color as a gay pride symbol.
The key focus of this parade was LGBT rights, particularly anti-discrimination laws and the recognition of same-sex unions.
The parade sought to express disappointment with the government, which had not acted on its previous commitments to legalize same-sex marriage.
[2] Held on 30 October, under the theme "Out and vote," the Taiwanese LGBT community marched from 228 Memorial Park onwards to Ximen and then on to Taipei Main Station and back, fighting for concrete measures from the government that protect the rights of the LGBT community.
Because of the obstacles from the True Love League while the Ministry of Education proposed lessons of gender equity based on the gender equity education, and other sexual events happening this year, the theme of the 9th parade was orientated as "LGBT Fight Back, Discrimination Get Out!"
The West line, which is new, went through the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, which is a large cultural and educational area in Taiwan.
The Rainbow Ambassadors of 2011 include Deserts Chang, who sang on the night party after parade and kissed a female fan on stage.
Although the pandemic subsided as the scheduled date, 30 October 2021, drew closer, the Taiwan Rainbow Civil Action Association committed to hosting the event as planned, without any further changes to its format.
The Third Annual LGBT Pride Parade in Kaohsiung was held on 22 September 2012 under the theme " I am gay and your companion" with over 3,000 participants.
The Fourth Annual LGBT Pride Parade in Kaohsiung was held on 29 June 2013 under the theme "Sharing the same space in harmony" with around 4,000 participants.
It was the first time the Kaohsiung Pride Parade had provided English language service from its official website.
Especially, the full page, under the headline "Kaohsiung goes gay", reported by Taipei Times was the first seen in the history of Taiwan's pride parades.
[51] The thirteenth Kaohsiung Pride parade was held in November 2022, with approximately 30,000 people in attendance.
"[53] The first Central Taiwan LGBT Pride Parade in Taichung was held on December 17, 2011 under the theme "Stand for Love, perfectly natural," and calls on the Taichung City Government to attach importance to gender/sexuality rights, and protests against the government's reduction of the gender-friendly environment and closing of many gender-friendly stores in recent years.
[54] Conservative groups criticized the theme in 2017 "Make love, not war— sex-ed is the way to go" is a subliminal message for sexual liberation, demanding ban from the police if violations founded.