Seeing the diversity of genders in the tribe, the Aboriginal Gay Alliance: Let the tribe find a place to belong here Coffee is an aboriginal comrade. He was aware of his sexuality when he was in middle school, and started participating in the gay movement when he was in college. In order to make the society face up to the aboriginal comrades, he marched in the streets in ethnic clothes, and established the Aboriginal Gay Alliance with Mao Di and other partners. , brought the concept of gender equality into the tribe; they communicated with the elders of the tribe by drinking and chatting, and some transgender people formed a dance group, wearing high heels and dancing at the festival, step by step to make the tribe face up to gender issues. Deep cultivation in the field, the germination of the issue of indigenous comrades The 32-year-old coffee this year is an aborigines from the Taroko people. He began to recognize his sexuality when he was in middle school. In the process of constant exploration and self-doubt, he met a teacher who could understand him in his first year of high school, and let Coffee Begin to feel included and accepted. After going to university, Caffè joined the old comrade group of the Gay Advisory Hotline Association, and began to further discuss LGBT issues, and met Mao Di, who is also an aboriginal comrade, in the organization activities. "Many people advocate localization. For us, the most localized people in Taiwan should be the aborigines, but why hasn't an official aboriginal group been established?" Compared with comrades, it needs more people's attention and understanding. After Coffee realized the lack of attention on aboriginal and gay issues in Taiwan, he decided to go to the gay parade in 2011 wearing a Taroko ethnic uniform. Under the severe stigma of gays ten years ago, wearing ethnic clothes on the street must bear huge pressure and bear strange eyes. For coffee, this is a turning point in breaking away from the traditional shackles. With dual marginal status, it is even more necessary for the society to see However, feeling that aboriginal comrades are still a marginal issue in the gay community and lack of awareness of aboriginal comrades in society, Coffee and Mao Di started a chat session on aboriginal comrades on the hotline in 2015. As half Tailu Half of the Ge clan are the Mao brothers of the Tsou clan. In 2011, they were responsible for the first Hualien Rainbow Carnival. The chat meeting they created was dedicated to discussing various issues related to indigenous comrades, such as how to communicate with people of different ethnic groups. , and the conflicts that may be caused by different ethnic groups in the process of communication, or how to come out in the workplace, how to face the opinions of the bosses and colleagues after coming out, they hope to unite each other and share themselves through chat meetings. The story, let the former comrade who left his hometown find a place where he can be more comfortable and belong to himself. In 2019, Coffee and Mao Di believed that because the way of life of the aborigines is that tribes are scattered all over Taiwan, the connection between tribes may not be close, and the aborigines chat on the hotline is only a routine activity. , lacking the integrity of the organization. Under the advice of their predecessors, they founded the Aboriginal Gay Alliance. Through the establishment of the organization, the society can better recognize the aboriginal comrades and actively strive for the rights of ethnic minorities. It is also hoped that through the establishment of the alliance To combine with partners from all over the world, to integrate, exchange and share resources, so that aboriginal comrades who come to the city to live hard can find the stratosphere, share their stories, and gain support from them. Tribe to aboriginal people, the plight of aboriginal comrades For all indigenous comrades, the tribe is their home, a land that carries their lives, "We hope to have a connection with the tribe, a cultural connection, because that is our home, the environment in which we grew up. , but the environment is emotionally suppressed, and you have no way of meeting people or knowing who you are.” Most of the aboriginal tribes are Christian, and their ethnic groups and religions are closely linked. Many elders have no in-depth understanding of comrades because of the influence of the church and traditional concepts, which makes it impossible for aboriginal comrades to get along with same-sex partners naturally after the passing of the special law. . Brother Mao mentioned that at the time of the same-marriage referendum, the tribe held prejudice and strong opposition to this issue. After much torn and quarrels, the establishment of the final special law did not greatly change the tribe's attitude towards indigenous comrades. However, the chemical effect has aroused the elders of the tribe to start to understand and discuss about comrades. Young people will start to talk with their family and friends when they return to the tribe, and the visibility of the issue is getting higher and higher. Although the elders will still be influenced by the church and religion, The comrades are still not fully accepted, but in the process of chatting with the elders, Mao Di found that many elders began to think that the special law had already been passed, and continued opposition would not improve the relationship between the elders and the new generation. It is better to know more This group and learn to accept. Carving out new generation concepts in tradition For Aboriginal comrades, what they care most about is whether they can marry their partners in tribal traditional ways. Among the Taroko people, slaughtering pigs is a way to communicate with the ancestors when the tribe has a large-scale plan, and it is mostly carried out by male elders, while same-sex couples often face the problem of "who should help kill the pigs" when they get married. Most of the elders in the tribe are reluctant to come out and preside over the pig slaughtering ceremony for same-sex couples, making it impossible for the aborigines comrades who hope to conclude marriage contracts through traditional methods. Because I couldn't find any male elders willing to come out to help, in the end, my grandmother had to preside over the ceremony in person to witness the marriage of the two. It can be seen that the approval of the tribe has far exceeded the legal norms of the country, and the support of the elders is very important for children Say it's the most important thing. The passing of the same-sex marriage law not only reflects the legality of future same-sex couples to marry, but also represents the friendliness of gender equality around us. Or the stigma of the media in the past, the inter-tribal atmosphere is still full of rejection of comrades, in such a state, they naturally derived a survival mode, and found their survival status in the tribe by developing a self-protection mechanism. Di Mao mentioned that in festivals and festivals, there are often transgender people forming dance groups, wearing high heels or clothes with less fabric to dance on the stage, such behavior is allowed on the occasion, transgender or gay In this way, you can find yourself and show your self-worth. Tribal elders can also understand the new generation's views through the combination of traditional rituals and new-generation concepts, breaking through the constraints of the past framework. And Di Mao also talked about his experience of communicating with his elders, "If there is any difference in concept, just sit down and have a glass of wine together, clarify the error in concept, and the problem will be solved!" Di Mao said with a smile At that time, he used a glass of wine to let the elders of the tribe clarify their concept of same-sex marriage, and by relaxing the body and mind of both parties, he relieved the traditional sense of the tribe. Under the constant instillation of new viewpoints to the elders, the issue of comradeship was gradually seen and started. valued in the tribe.
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