Spotlighting one of Taiwan’s most influential leaders in the LGBT+ rights movement both locally and globally, Hive Life celebrates this Pride Month with the compelling force behind Taipei’s Pride Parade of the World and an organiser of WorldPride 2025, Darien Chen. 

Looking for a nostalgic thrifting experience to rework and embrace a vintage closet? Explore Taiwan’s secondhand treasure coves embellished with a thoughtful selection of handpicked pre-loved pieces, and bag a bargain at the hip-and-happening retro stores of Taipei. 

Marketing and PR firm Pinocchio Communications establishes plus-size model management company “ChubbyChubby Model Management” for Hong Kong and Taiwan-based models. 

Vivi Lin is the founder and CEO of With Red, the first nonprofit organisation in Taiwan to tackle period poverty and eliminate period stigma. 

Hive Life spoke with Chen-Hsiang Chao, the Co-founder and Chief Designer at Bionicraft, a biolab based in Taipei, working on developing sustainable and innovative solutions for food waste.