Taiwan’s Green Party and gender groups protested against police raids on Ximending BDSM bars and demanded a review of gender diversity law enforcement guidelines

2026/10/06 07:24

Taiwan's Green Party and gender groups protested in front of the Taipei City Hall yesterday, demanding that Chiang Wanan review the gender diversity law enforcement guidelines. (Photo by reporter Tian Yuhua)

[Entertainment Channel/Comprehensive Report] Commander D, a BDSM bar in Ximending, Taipei City, was recently searched by the police with a search ticket, triggering controversy over excessive law enforcement, discrimination and human rights. Taiwan's Green Party, LGBT and disability groups protested in front of the Taipei City Government on the afternoon of the 5th, demanding that the Taipei City Government launch an independent investigation with external supervision, publish the results of law enforcement and surveillance records within one week, and demand the establishment of clear regulations for inspections and searches of diverse gender and erotic venues.

Television celebrity and civics teacher Huang Yizhong also posted on Facebook last night that a former student sent him a photo of him participating in a gay event with his upper body naked. He angrily said: "So I went to COMMANDER D., a gay nightclub in Ximending, and I also took off my shirt. According to the 2026 Taipei City Police Department law enforcement standards, do I have to be handcuffed and taken to the police station?"

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Huang Yizhong said that tying anti-drugs, gays, and nightclubs together is not only a violation of human rights, but also a declaration of war on gays. "Elections are wars. People have invaded every door. Please wake up!"

Taipei City Wanhua Branch raided the Ximending gay bar "Commander D" on the 3rd of this month. (provided by police)

Green Party Taipei City Councilor candidate Wang Zhenting said yesterday that the police entered the bar with a search ticket on the evening of October 3, but the customers on the scene were not the search targets. The police still took nearly 60 people back to the police station on the grounds of violating the "Social Order Maintenance Law", and later called them "witnesses." Questioning whether the scope of the search ticket authorization includes on-site customers? And why the police were able to take away the person in charge and customers, search their personal belongings, and even ask some people to go shirtless without arresting tickets. They believe that there is doubt about the crime of coercion and the legal basis should be explained by the city government and the police station.

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