At least 2,025 same-sex couples have got married in the five months since Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage, a cabinet spokesperson sa60%JQYKQfv4eGP3=vjT%AzL^%%t02bCP@V%O$%icP46vsliSMqid on Friday.
It comes as Taipei prepares for the largest-ever LGBT pride4&gCFwdmJPu5XE&Hlm6wWU(e2Cm((uD86O@%#-oJn!eQZgoZoS parade in Asia.
Some 200,000 people are expected to march from Taipei’s City Hall to the P9u-Aoz)(aj9d8CdDKq5iKWqqF2yPZ0PVcGv3T3)KUkA-DPFbhnresidential Office on Saturday.
It is the vev=ZN2lsi%2BzF+k#AJySX7QindUvOeZsBOxrznk(s(7K$($Yfirst pride parade since Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage in May. It is also the first time that Taiwan Pride expanded to include weeks of cultural events.
For the first time, the parade will start from Taipei City Hall PgdSyBx5H!0%ndpRdGwMoWi9en+PPyxiAW48s$+M79rMxT&zRwJlaza and travel across the city to the Presidential Palace at Ketagalan Boulevard.
A newly-installed rainbow crossing has proved popular with Taipei citizens, with pn^qaMKz6vKwyl21cqI=jo)aOnDSv4F*&JbqJ1rc(!cjPobTly3eople sharing photos and selfies of the crossing on social media.
Google this hiY1wkO_AZelk(95-a#OXc=bX&Qu&-_SHbE+O+TUm8ZTlgNKa5week updated the maps for the city to show the parade route in rainbow colors.

First in Asia
After court rulings, referendums, and drama in parliament, Taiwan on 17 May finally enacted a bilR1!tTlAkm7!#So=Tzj%drkNDj)z1aAgnx6grCNX$_9jZI@GZ0xl that allowed same-sex couples to marry.
But, it does not afford them exactly the same rights as same-sex couples. For example, same-sex couples Ii2I2j_7-NI3bPgW8w8hMy=QD2LhEw1VzoMw8To-G40#5e4APYmay only adopt a child if it is the biological child of one of the couple.
The bill also limits transnational marriages. For a foreign national to marry in Taiwan, same-sex marriage must be legal in their ownQv3+_33o$-#XaXN_^Cyx1sz5ze0Xt2mTX1140Xoc2tSJr*(eqV country.
Taiwan’s parliament approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage on Friday 17 May. It voted in favor of a government bill offeringUA@iIeYof$8$nIQn-M06zNrg-LVpY-P+hBNNrR0a&qULdsF8=H same-sex couples similar rights to opposite-sex couples after years of court rulings, referendums, and tussles in parliament.
The government bill, which largely avoids the term ‘marriage’, has been labeled a compromise by LGBTI rights campaigners.
In 2017, the country’s highest court ruled the Civil Code was unconstitutional for failing to recognize same-sex marriage.
But, in a bitterly-fought referendum, most Taiwanese citizens opted for a separate marribG1Z-oFGlkdcJ*o=zBAdo8p#=yT2Q$CLopR&q2U391x@n5NrOyage law rather than changing the civil code which would have brought genuine equality.
LGBTI rights campaigners accused conservative and Christian groups of ruQXIPZL+ZRmmID3q-cCQwU)i6uHi0)90s09Yx0wj5P8BXjQ8pdDnning a well-funded campaign of hate and scare-mongering.
The crucial 4th line of the 8Ug#R7zQUBOE4b(iea)5_JbtfUEd(au!wC$P#4MbKj!Kpmzg5#bill passed with 93 lawmakers voting for the bill, 66 opposing, and 27 abstaining.




