Miao Poya

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Miao Poya
Taipei City Councilor
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 December 2018
Constituency	Taipei City District 6 (serving Daan-Wenshan)
Personal details
Born	(1987-10-02) 2 October 1987 (age 34) Muzha District, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwanese
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Alma mater	National Taiwan University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	苗博雅
Simplified Chinese	苗博雅
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Miáo Bóyǎ Bopomofo ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄅㄛˊ ���ㄚˇ Wade–Giles Miao2 Po2-ya3 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Biâu Phok-ngá

Miao Poya (Chinese: 苗博雅; pinyin: Miáo Bóyǎ; Wade–Giles: Miao² Po²-ya³; born 2 October 1987) is a Taiwanese politician and activist, known for being one of Taiwan's first-ever openly lesbian council members. She was elected as councillor representing Taipei City District 6 during the 2018 local elections.

Early life and education[]

Miao was born into a second generation waisheng family and grew up in Wenshan District, Taipei.^[1] She attended Jingxin Elementary and Middle School and Taipei First Girls' High School.^[1] While a high school student, Miao was elected class president and successfully campaigned for a change in the seasonal uniform policy, so students could wear trousers all year round instead of having to wear a skirt in the summer.^[2] Miao studied law at National Taiwan University, where she began developing her political views away from her pro-government family.^[1][3]

Social activism and political career[]

After university, Miao worked for a law firm dealing with cases from tech start-ups and then as a social movement worker in the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, having encountered the topic of the death penalty many times in high school debate competitions.^[1][3][4]

Miao first ran for office in the 2016 Taiwanese legislative elections, after having joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP) during its formation, and with the support of the SDP's founder  [zh]. She failed to win, but gained 12.1% of the vote (21,000 votes) and was the most successful non-Blue and non-Green candidate.^[3][5]

Miao ran for city councilor in the 2018 Taiwanese local elections, again representing the SDP. Issues she advocated for include protections for workers, care for children and the elderly and Taiwanese sovereignty and independence.^[5][6] She was elected, and thus became one of Taiwan's first openly lesbian council members, alongside Lin Ying-meng of the New Power Party.^[7][8]

Miao was one of the activists who proposed a referendum in favor of same-sex marriage in Taiwan.^[9]

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