At 10:15 AM this morning on Transgender Day of Visibility, the Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights co-hosted a press conference with Amnesty International Taiwan, Student Alliance for Gender Equality, Taiwan Non-binary Queer Sluts, and the Intersex, Transgender and Transsexual People Care Association condemning the Ministry of the Interior for procedural issues regarding changes to Taiwan’s conscription criteria that removes blanket exemptions for transgender people. Press conference attendees rallied around the slogan: “Procedural injustice and unreasonable amendments! Reject inappropriately raising draft exemption thresholds for transgender people!” Overall, the press conference revealed striking details about the Ministry of the Interior's sidelining of civil society and transgender community concerns over the past three and half months of negotiations, putting into question whether there is any hope for changing course...