Taiwan TG Butterfly Garden explained

Taiwan TG Butterfly Garden, established in 2000, is the first formal transgender support group in Taiwan. Many members are transsexual; others identify as crossdressers, and others might be described as questioning or transgressive.

The organization served as flag guards at 2005 Taiwan Pride, and demanded amendments for gender equality in employment law, along with the Awakening Foundation, Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan and Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association.

The name 'butterfly' was inspired by a mixed gender butterfly.^[1]

In 2017 the organization entered hibernation,^[2] but the Haori Transgender Hotline they had established back in 2008continued to operate.^[3]

See also

• LGBT rights in Taiwan
• List of LGBT rights organisations

References

1. Web site: 女「性」主體的另類提問小型學術研討會開幕發言稿 . sex.ncu.edu.tw . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927174113/http://sex.ncu.edu.tw/conference/slim/slim4/articles/openning.htm . 27 September 2011 . dead.
2. Web site: 我的跨性別接觸史：兼論台灣Tg蝶園 – 何春蕤論述資料庫 .
3. https://www.facebook.com/haori.hotline/

External links

• • Josephine Ho, The Embodiment of Identity. Briefly mentioned establishment of the group.
• Sex.ncu.edu.tw
• Taipei Times

In Chinese

• 何春蕤，認同的「體」現：打造跨性別（PDF格式）。訪談多位TG蝶園成員，並於30頁提到團體由來。
• 夏德珍，裝錯軀體的靈魂--TG蝶園 跨性別心靈捕手/2004Jul-Dec/transnews_20041026c.htm，2004年10月4日。