Summary
Note: this is a rerun of a previous episode.
Traveling to Taiwan with her mom, Kathy imagines the life she might have lived had her family stayed.
Kathy's mom previously appeared on Nancy in the episodes "Hello hello" and "Kathy's Mom is Uncomfortable With All This."
— Guo Mama is a volunteer at the Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association in Taipei.
— Li Te-Yun (Nan Gua) is a singer-songwriter in Taiwan.
Special thanks to Andrew Ryan, a host and producer with Radio Taiwan International.
Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom, Art of Escapism ("Done with Disco"), Uncan ("Unbroken"), and Little Glass Men ("Cloud Launching").
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm so filled with joy. |
| 0:09.6 | Why are you filled with joy, Cath? |
| 0:11.3 | Because recently Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. |
| 0:16.7 | Yes, it's amazing news I thought of you immediately when I heard. |
| 0:20.4 | Good. |
| 0:21.4 | And I got me thinking about how much Taiwan has changed since I left when I was four, |
| 0:26.3 | I'm rarely seeing any queer representation to now leading the charge on LGBT rights in Asia. |
| 0:31.7 | It's amazing. |
| 0:32.7 | This has been in the works for a while. |
| 0:34.8 | Back in 2017, Taiwan's highest court gave the legislature two years to pass a law guaranteeing |
| 0:39.7 | same-sex marriage in the country. |
| 0:41.7 | And now it's finally happened. |
| 0:43.8 | So to celebrate, we're re-running an episode that we released last year, before same-sex |
| 0:48.5 | marriage passed, when I traveled to Taiwan with my mom and imagined what life would have |
| 0:52.9 | been like if I'd never left. |
| 0:58.1 | I love Taiwan. |
| 1:01.1 | I was born there. |
| 1:02.3 | I spent the first four years in my life there. |
| 1:04.8 | Growing up, I went back frequently with my family to visit. |
| 1:07.9 | I love the people. |
| 1:08.9 | I love the scooters. |
| 1:10.1 | I love the public transit. |
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