[新聞](譯)彩虹因素如何影響台灣大選

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How ‘rainbow factors’ are influencing Taiwan local elections
Politicians realize today's voters take seriously how gay-friendly they are
“彩虹因素”如何影響台灣地方選舉
政治家們這下知道今日的選民多在意他們是不是”對同志友善”
03 DECEMBER 2014 | BY PO-HAN LEE

Queer politics was never really visible in Taiwan until September last year
when the Marriage Equality Bill was incorporated into
parliament’s agenda. This year, the political atmosphere has been even more
intensified and heightened by the LGBTI rights movement.
酷兒政治在台灣從未真正的被看見過，直到婚姻平權法案去年九月被放進國會議程。今年
，因為LGBT平權運動使得政治氛圍更加濃厚。

People of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities are eagerly
calling for an LGBTI-friendly government, although not everyone, including
LGBTI rights advocates and activists, regards this as a queering of politics.
雖然不是每個人，但各種不同性取向和性別的人們、LGBT平權倡議者、活動者，渴望一個
對LGBT友善的政府，並稱此為”政治的酷兒化”。

A better word is probably ‘rainbowing.’ Many LGBTI Taiwanese do not seek to
be distinct in identity but respected in equality, which is quite different
from the western strategy of promoting LGBTI rights. Taiwan’s ‘rainbow
coalition' encompasses all the civil rights movements, not only sexual
minorities but also persons with disabilities, migrants, labours, sex workers and aboriginals.
也許稱之為”彩虹化”會比較洽當，很多台灣LGBT並不尋求獨特的認同，而僅是平等尊重
，這和西方倡議LGBT權力的策略不同，台灣的彩虹聯盟包含所有人民權利的運動，不僅是
性弱勢，也包括身障、移民、勞工、性工作者和原住民團體。

Besides having the marriage equality initiative and the biggest Pride in
Asia, the rainbow coalition is also looking to replace certain legislators
who have been identified as homophobic, transphobic or ignorant of minority
rights.
除了亞洲規模最大的同志遊行和婚姻平權法案以外，彩虹聯盟同時尋求罷免部分恐同、恐
變性及忽視弱勢團體的立委。

Just at the right moment (29 November), Taiwan held its largest-scale local
elections, commonly known as the nine-in-one
election. This includes municipal mayors and councilors, chiefs and
councilors of indigenous districts in municipalities, county magistrates and
city mayors, county and city councilors, township chiefs and councilors, and
chiefs of villages and boroughs in six municipalities and 16 counties.
Rainbow power in politics has reached its peak.
就在11/29，台灣舉行史上規模最大的地方選舉，被稱為九合一大選，包含六都和16縣市
的直轄市長、市民代表、鄉鎮市長、鄉鎮市民代表、平地原住民代表、縣議員、縣市長、
村里長等等，彩虹政治的力量達到巔峰！

Not only are more and more candidates stepping out of the closet, but ‘
rainbow factors’ are now seriously taken into account by LGBTI voters. For
example, gVote is a temporary website for people to evaluate the
LGBTI-friendliness of every candidate and
aims to promote LGBTI influence and opportunity in Taiwanese politics. Along
with a super detailed and comprehensive chart synthesized by cyber citizens,
we can see a developing number of LGBTI-friendly candidates. For example,
there are at least 90 LGBTI-friendly councilor candidates across six
municipalities.
不只越來越多出櫃政治人物，許多LGBT選民也把”彩虹因素”考慮進去。例如gVote就是
一個暫時性，供選民衡量候選人同志友善程度，且增加LGBT在台灣政治影響力和機會的網
站，由網路志工提供超細部和綜合圖表供參考，我們可以看到越來越多對同志友善的候選人。例
如，光是在六都就有至少90名對同志友善的議員。

In Taiwan, citizens and activists prefer the word ‘rainbow’ to ‘queer.’
 For instance, the Occupy the City with Rainbows initiative and the ‘rainbow
siege’ manifested diversity rather than individuality. This is interesting
and the reasons are compounded by cultural and societal backgrounds.
台灣公民和(社運)活動者，比較喜歡用”彩虹”多過於”酷兒”這個字，例如發動”彩虹
圍城”行動和以多元背景而非個人”彩虹包圍”，這現象很有趣且此一現象具有文化和社
會的背景。

Generally speaking, neither liberation or inclusion is right or wrong. The
main idea is still all about fighting for freedoms and equality whichever
path rights movements take.
一般說來，非關解放亦無是非，宗旨在為自由平等奮鬥，不管平權運動以何路徑。

Certainly,politics should never be oversimplified, especially when it comes
to elections,competition among parties and ideologies. Voting is to a large
extent a sense of people’s self-determination on political, economic and
societal issues in the context of a democratic society.
尤其政治從來不是簡單的事，當選舉時，來自各黨派競爭者

Traditionally,LGBTI groups have been dedicated to community building,
counselling and communication and they have been very successful at this.
However, observing this year's nine-in-one elections, we can see LGBTI
Taiwanese are no longer satisfied simply with social understanding, support and tolerance in a
relatively passive way, but are also attempting to actively change society
themselves.
傳統上LGBT團體致力於社區住居、諮商溝通等而他們也做得很成功，然而，綜觀此次九合
一大選，台灣LGBT不只滿足於社會認同、支持和包容等消極的方式，他們企圖積極的改變
這個社會。

For LGBTIs and other minorities, politics is now not just voting but a
channel for voicing out, making politicians choose sides, reflecting values
in political forums and, most importantly, demonstrating ‘rainbow factors’
 as part of rational choice in a democratic system. In this new age, running
political campaigns in Taiwan is much harder and more unpredictable than ever
because Taiwanese people –especially the youngsters – are not indifferent
and afraid to be politicized anymore.
對LGBT和其他弱勢者來說，政治現在不僅僅是投票，也是一個發聲的管道，叫政治人物選
邊站，反應出政治價值觀，更重要的是：表現出”彩虹因素”也是民主制度中理性選擇很
重要的部份。在這個新世代，在台灣從事競選活動不但更無法預測也更加困難，因為台灣
人民-尤其是年輕人，對政治再也不冷漠且冷感。

We can first congratulate those who are LGBTI-friendlier and just won the
elections: Ko Wen-je (Taipei), Cheng Wen-tsan (Taoyuan), Lin Chia-lung
(Taichung), Kiku Chen (Kaohsiung), as well as Wei Ming-ku (Changhua), Lee
Chin-yung (Yunlin), Chang Hwa-kuan (Chiayi), and Pan Meng-an (Pingtung).
我們首先恭喜下列這些LGBT友善的當選人：柯文哲(台北市)、鄭文燦(桃園)、林佳龍(台
中)、陳菊(高雄)、魏明谷(彰化)、李進勇(雲林)、張花冠(嘉義)和潘孟安(屏東)

Although further analysis is needed in order to testify the influence of
rainbow factors, it can still be seen as a small victory for the rainbow
coalition as politicians realize that today's voters do take seriously how
friendly, hostile or ignorant they are.
雖然仍需要更深入的分析，以證明”彩虹因素”的影響，但這仍可視為是彩虹聯盟小小的
勝利，而政治人物也更了解現在的選民認真看待他們對LGBT是否友善、仇視或是忽視。

原作者：李柏翰(音譯)，薩克斯大學法學院博士生

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