In 1993, Hong Kong drama and film artist Edward Lam came to Taiwan to do the planning work for the first "Homosexual Film Festival" to be held as one part of the Golden Horse Awards International Film Festival. Lam brought the word tongzhi (" comrade, "now a metaphor for a gay person) into Taiwan.
一九九三年香港劇場與電影藝術家林奕華來台，為金馬獎國際影展策劃首次的「同志影展」單元，而將「同志」一詞帶入台灣。