“So What If We’re Different?” — a [Gina’s LGBT Hour] film lecture series. Time: April 22, 7:30 p.m. Venue: Shih Ming Te Foundation (No. 285, Sec. 1, Jianguo S. Road, Da’an District, Taipei City). Speaker: Director Barney Cheng

Thank you, friends, for your lively participation in the discussion, and special thanks to Director Barney Cheng for sharing with us his film Baby Steps, opening May 8, as well as his own life experience.

Because he burned away all the cowardice in the world for us, we have no right not to be brave. Because he burned away all the cowardice in the world for us, we have no right to forget. People say he did not love life enough — but I would ask: what does it mean to love life?

Gina’s LGBT Hour.

February 28, 2017, will mark the seventieth anniversary of the 228 Incident. Unless the democratic and heroic spirit that 228 deserves is revived, the spirits of our ancestors will drift forever in sorrow over Taiwan, never at rest. The Shih Ming Te Foundation will present the 228 musical “All Spirits Rise” on February 28, 2017, so that the people of Taiwan may see the soul of the nation’s democracy and the heroes of the era.

Something that was long taboo, that politicians now talk about any way they please, that schools never teach, and that parents can never answer: which country do we belong to, after all? A matter this simple is, like sex, just a sensitive piece of common sense in our everyday lives.