According to Ni Chia-chen, it has been the dramatic change in the overall social environment since the lifting of martial law--rather then the gay rights movement itself--that has enabled gays to have space and has created the present atmosphere.
而根據前「婦女新知」秘書長倪家珍的觀察，是解嚴後整個社會環境的巨大變化，而得以使同志有了生活的空間，倒不是同志運動的本身製造了目前的氛圍。