曼谷的朋友！明天晚上歡迎來東南亞最大的泰國外國記者協會參加「2018台灣少數平權影展」！
My friends in Bangkok!! Welcome to FCCT in Bangkok to join us for "Queer Taiwan"+ Q/A Talk for exchanging our experience in marriage equality campaign in Taiwan!!

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【「2018台灣少數平權影展」曼谷播映-婚姻平權大平台呂欣潔、劇場導演周東彥出席映後座談】

(泰、英、中文三語資訊，歡迎轉發給泰國及國際人士，一起來聽婚姻平權大平台東南亞國際交流，分享台灣婚姻平權議題)

※台灣同志平權電影放映+講座：《酷兒台灣》全球海外首播+婚姻平權大平台總召呂欣潔，出席東南亞規模最大的「泰國外國記者協會」(FCCT)講座，進行台灣婚姻平權議題國際交流 (9月24日星期一-晚上七點：泰國曼谷FCCT講座頁面：https://www.facebook.com/events/280776499422466/

「曼谷2018台灣少數平權影展」(2018 Taiwan "Minorities" Film Festival in Bangkok：LGBT/ Hakka/ Social Activism)，由留學朱拉隆功大學的台灣學生陳彥霖獨立策畫，在曼谷播映八部台灣平權議題電影，呂欣潔、周東彥受邀出席，在泰國分享台灣平權議題。

第一場映後座談，分享台灣社會高度關注的「婚姻平權」，海外首映呈現婚姻平權正反方爭議及代理孕母、同志家長議題的紀錄片《酷兒台灣》，特別邀請婚姻平權大平台總召呂欣潔，在泰國外國記者協會(FCCT, Thailand Correspondents' Club of Thailand)映後分享，向國際人士分享台灣婚姻平權爭議及現況。

對談來賓包括泰國主要推動同志權益的機構APCOM總監(Director)- Midnight Poonkasetwattana，以及全球性非政府組織「人權觀察」亞洲事務副主任 Phil Robertson (Deputy Director, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch)，分別從泰國及亞洲區域觀點，進行交流分享。

Queer Taiwan a discussion-Featuring Jennifer Lu (「酷兒台灣」播映-呂欣潔映後座談：台灣婚姻平權推動及挑戰)

日期：2018年9月24日 星期一
時間：晚上7點
地點：泰國外國記者協會 (FCCT, Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand)-近曼谷BTS Chit Lom站2號出口旁、Maneeya Center-P層(Penthouse) (地圖： https://goo.gl/maps/V3iHZYxfaaR2 ；https://www.fccthai.com/contact.html

歡迎轉發，「2018台灣少數平權影展-曼谷」，活動主頁(https://www.facebook.com/events/245873309346053/) 有泰、英、中文三語發布介紹，歡迎關心台灣婚姻平權的朋友一起到場討論，關注台灣平權議題。

捐款支持婚姻平權大平台：http://beebee.equallove.tw/#anchor-sec-support-now

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(English Version-)

Documentary: Queer Taiwan + Q/A TALK –First Country in Asia to Legalize Gay Marriage and its Challenges,
with Jennifer Lu, Chief Coordinator of Marriage Equality Coalition Taiwan (《酷兒台灣》紀錄片+映後座談：台灣婚姻平權大平台總召-呂欣潔)
Event Page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/280776499422466/ (FCCT Facebook)
https://www.fccthai.com/items/2575.html (FCCT Website)

7pm, Monday September 24, 2018

Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT),
Penthouse, Maneeya Center
518/5 Ploenchit Road (connected to the BTS Skytrain Chitlom station Exit 2)

In May 2019, Taiwan could potentially be the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage. There are major societal forces on both sides of the question on whether same sex marriage should be legalized, and LGBTQ equality should be the norm in Taiwan.

With these questions being faced, there will be a discussion and screenings of two film on these major societal questions at the FCCT on Monday, September 24th.

There will be a screening of the documentary Queer Taiwan, which features interviews with individuals that support and oppose the legalization of gay marriage in Taiwan. The film specifically focuses on the substantial animosity between the Equality Bees and the Family Guardian Coalition, which has only increased as this hot-button issue has become more prominent in Taiwanese society.

A second film on legality of surrogate pregnancy in Taiwan will also be screened. At present, surrogacy is completely illegal in Taiwan, no matter whether the potential parents are straight or LGBTQ. There is hope in Taiwanese that surrogacy will be a turning point for gay-parents, but many in Taiwanese society continue to believe that surrogacy should not be allowed in Taiwan no matter what the orientation of the parenting couple is.

After the films are shown there will be a discussion on these and other gay-rights issues in Taiwan. The discussion will feature Jennifer Lu, Chief Coordinator of Marriage Equality Coalition Taiwan, which is Taiwan's largest LGBTQ NGO working on gender issues and education. In January 2016, Jennifer ran for a Taiwanese parliament seat as a candidate for the Social Democratic Party. As part of her campaign she was able to raise the visibility of LGBTQ issues in Taiwanese society.

Other panelists include:

Phil Robertson Deputy Director, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch

Mr. Robertson oversees the organization's work throughout Asia, especially in Southeast Asia, North Korea and Japan.

Midnight Poonkasetwattana Executive Director APCOM

Before joining APCOM, Midnight worked for Purple Sky Network where he engaged with MSM and transgender communities in the Greater Mekong areas. He previously supported the implementation of HIV and human rights programmes in various countries throughout Asia and Eastern Europe as part of the International HIV/AIDS Alliance.

Free for FCCT members and 150 Baht for non-FCCT members

※This documentary screening is special event for 2018 Taiwan “Minorities” Film Festival in Bangkok (2018台灣少數平權影展-曼谷) https://www.facebook.com/events/245873309346053 (September 23-29, 2018-Bangkok, Thailand).

Donation for Marriage Equality Coalition Taiwan, to support Taiwan’s Gay Marriages: https://equallove.backme.tw/checkout/834/4761?locale=en

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“Queer Taiwan”-Documentary+ Q/A Talk in Bangkok

ไต้หวันอาจจะผ่านกฎหมายสิทธิการแต่งงานของบุคคลเพศเดียวกันในเดือนพฤษภาคมปีหน้า

แต่กว่าจะได้มาซึ่งสิทธินี้ พวกเขาต้องผ่านการต่อสู้กันมาอย่างไร? ...หาคำตอบได้ใน 2 สารคดีสั้น "Queer Taiwan" ซึ่งจะเล่าถึงความขัดแย้งในสังคมไต้หวันอันว่าด้วยการแต่งงานดังกล่าว และเรื่องราวของคู่รักเกย์ที่ต้องการรับบุตรบุญธรรม / จบแล้วพูดคุยกับ เจนนิเฟอร์ ลู(呂欣潔) หนึ่งในแอ็กติวิสต์เพื่อสิทธิ LGBT คนสำคัญ ร่วมด้วย APCOM และ Human Rights Watch

- จันทร์ 24 กันยายน (19.00 น.) ที่สโมสรผู้สื่อข่าวต่างประเทศประจำประเทศไทย (FCCT)
- บัตรราคา 150 บาท (ฟรีสำหรับสมาชิก FCCT)
- วิธีเดินทาง : https://goo.gl/maps/KUjQtTqmhtD2

https://www.fccthai.com/items/2575.html (FCCT Website)
https://www.facebook.com/events/280776499422466/ (FCCT Facebook)

ประกอบด้วยสารคดีสองเรื่อง ที่ว่าด้วยการต่อสู้เพื่อความเท่าเทียมทางเพศในไต้หวัน คือ

1. Back to the Start (30 นาที)
ว่าด้วยการต่อสู้เพื่อการได้สิทธิสมรสเพศเดียวกันในไต้หวัน กับแรงปะทะจากสังคมของผู้คนที่ไม่เห็นด้วย โดยหนังจะพาไปสำรวจว่าพวกเขากำลังต่อสู้กับอะไร? และเพื่ออะไร? ก่อนที่ไต้หวันจะเป็นประเทศแรกในเอเชียที่ผ่านกฏหมายสมรสเพศเดียวกัน ในเดือนพฤษภาคม ปี 2019

2. A Path to Happiness (30 นาที)
หลายคู่รักใฝ่ฝันที่จะมีครอบครัวแสนสุขและสมบูรณ์แบบ ไม่ว่าจะเป็นคู่รักต่างเพศหรือเพศเดียวกัน การอุ้มบุญจึงเกิดขึ้นเพื่อเติมเต็มความฝันนี้ แต่ขณะเดียวกันมันก็เป็นประเด็นแสนละเอียดอ่อน เพราะยังเป็นเรื่องผิดกฏหมายในหลายๆ ประเทศ

ดูจบแล้วพูดคุยต่อกับ Jennifer Lu หัวหน้าผู้ประสานงานของสมาคมผู้เรียกร้องความเสมอภาคในการสมรสแห่งไต้หวัน

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ติดตามรายละเอียดหนังทั้ง 7 เรื่องของ 2018 Taiwan “Minorities” Film Festival in Bangkok :
https://www.facebook.com/events/245873309346053/

Donation for Marriage Equality Coalition Taiwan, to support Taiwan’s Gay Marriages: https://equallove.backme.tw/checkout/834/4761?locale=en

Pls share the news

感謝三位朋友辛勞的工作，把我那篇記錄自已在泰國被非法扣押十二小時的文章，3000字一句不漏地完整翻譯成英文，現在成功刊登在英國《衛報》。

Thank you my friends contributed to the full translation of my 3,000-word essay describing the 12-hour ordeal in a detention cell, now available on The Guardian.

（希望各位關注事件的朋友，廣傳給你身邊不懂得閱讀中文的外國人，讓他們了解向中共投誠的泰國政府，是如何封錮和打壓前往曼谷交流的香港年輕學生）

It seems that the Thai government feels it has much to fear from youth movements that promote democracy, such as mine in Hong Kong.

But my passport had been taken away, and I had been forbidden to use my phones or computers, so I could not contact anyone. They could do as they pleased. My two requests – to contact a lawyer and for them to explain the legality of their action – were both rejected with a simple “No”.

I criticised them for detaining me without any legal basis as something that was a violation of human rights and they replied: “We’ll tell you why once we have you detained.” I continued to point out that they were violating proper police procedure, but they simply replied: “You know this is Thailand, it’s like China. Not like Hong Kong!”

He was right, I thought. It is like China – not like Hong Kong. After all, the Hong Kong publisher Gui Minhai was kidnapped in Thailand last year and was eventually sent to mainland China.

So after China, Macau and Malaysia, there is now another territory I know I cannot enter. In fact, I still don’t understand why. I have never criticised the Thai government. I was only invited there to share my experiences of being a young man who took part in the umbrella movement. And this led to me being detained as soon as I stepped off the plane and being treated in a way that goes completely against human rights and the law. I spent almost 12 hours in detention and was deprived of my passport and of contact with others.

I am absolutely certain that my unlawful detention by the Thai authorities was motivated by their fear of youth movements around the world.

Indeed, young people right across the globe will only become more united and engaged as our collective yearning for democracy, civil liberties and other universal values strengthens. So too will our commitment to street activism. Our hopes and dreams transcend culture, language, country and political realities.

【如新NU SKIN誤導會員，非法進行傳銷活動】
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Nu Skin to pay $47 million to settle Chinese pyramid suit
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如新在中國大陸以【雙軌制】金字塔傳銷模式，進行人拉人擴展業務，並且誤導投資者，消費者，表示該公司一切運作皆合法。導致投資者與消費者牽涉在金字塔傳銷的隊伍中。
最後處罰4700萬人民幣。
如新在中國大陸將被禁止繼續經營，所有投資者將會面對無法估計的損失。
這就叫做活該。說過不能的東西就不要在想要嘗試。說過雙軌制是不合法就是不合法。絕對沒有僥倖的機會。鐵齒的人就是面對這種無法挽救的局面。中文內容 : #原来是这样

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A lawsuit filed by Nu Skin shareholders against the company appears to be drawing to a conclusion.
The class-action lawsuit was filed in February 2014, accusing Nu Skin of misleading investors about the legality of its operations in China.
Chinese media reported suspicions Nu Skin was operating a pyramid scheme in January 2014. A subsequent investigation by Chinese authorities saw Nu Skin fined $781,000.
The class-action lawsuit has been quietly playing out over the past two years, with news yesterday of a potential $47 million dollar settlement.
The settlement, which will be paid by Nu Skin’s insurers, is not expected to result in a net charge to the company’s income statement, Nu Skin said in a filing.
The company said the deal is subject to court approval and a final approval is expected in mid-2016.
The settlement would see an end to class-action lawsuit. The impact on Nu Skin’s global business operations, if any, is as of yet unclear.
Following the shutdown of Nu Skin’s Chinese pyramid scheme, profit plummeted by 63%.
The status of the SEC investigation, purportedly also looking into Nu Skin’s Chinese pyramid scheme operations, remains unclear.
In other Nu Skin news, the company recently lost an appeal in Japan over a customs dispute.
Following the loss in court, Nu Skin are now liable for around $32 million dollars in customs duties.
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原文網址：
http://behindmlm.com/…/nu-skin-to-pay-47-million-to-settle…/