News / Oct. 25, 2019
At least 2,025 same-sex couple(fMVD!U$RYATnwgJaP(SvsZlU81-YE(GFZUSWd1DOfbM)bscDbs have got married in the five months since Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage, a cabinet spokesperson said on Friday.
It comes as Taipei prepares for theqYPGu*dl7M2!uV%=Mbld2IeEbo_rU%DhT^V2Qq2r2dVg9usJYQ largest-ever LGBT pride parade in Asia.
Some 200,000 people are expected to march from Taipei’s City Hall to the Presidential Office on Sf9j_c=Tv%$zEo-jS5)C5A$VO3whQ*j35EgD-yuI(6e!#c$KLOraturday.
It is the first pride parade since Taiwan became VHpf-sKFQI1ZzSgM89JE$W*Wn^KVkzBy%+p5oQegqb)Q*fDp*Lthe first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage in May. It is also the first time that Taiwan Pride expanded to include weeks of cultural events.
For the first time, the parade w5HeK#*rzrkwTNQQxohSSm@6vtT9nddnUGBuAL$d(wo=HeNBCj-ill start from Taipei City Hall Plaza and travel across the city to the Presidential Palace at Ketagalan Boulevard.
A newly-instW=zNgYiY2)-7B5Y)VGFYsw%ohDZnwRzEIcz#Sg1kKfYr8VIEQTalled rainbow crossing has proved popular with Taipei citizens, with people sharing photos and selfies of the crossing on social media.
GoogT@OaAM3A*M+aW6Q96S@nW-qutMaq$YQEHKJf#YC7c^a+zEn8=Dle this week updated the maps for the city to show the parade route in rainbow colors.
First in Asia
After court rulings, referendums, and drama in parliament, 4*fVenKu=_Ru8X&E&Q#Y%tL6tkeS53P$T3#vATF=MeJJ3WDt+mTaiwan on 17 May finally enacted a bill that allowed same-sex couples to marry.
But, it does not afford them exactly theYq%7q8Q0n_(Y1CS^xGlipbmqkO^#0LeC5Zc4z4rCcKBx!FzQ3^ same rights as same-sex couples. For example, same-sex couples may only adopt a child if it is the biological child of one of the couple.
The bill also limits transnational marr^3+yvya$4lXMk-Z2x9mP(eOWWU-5Kf@@*+_n)2QiPPkM3-%iJOiages. For a foreign national to marry in Taiwan, same-sex marriage must be legal in their own country.
Taiwan’s parliament approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage on Friday 17 May. IE4)KB@OFPF3iJOxvkf7NnrJBW9bDDB4@Fp8S0Bi@OP&z-(YX#Mt voted in favor of a government bill offering 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 citEW_KvVD_+d_N3X1nSMhlECiXPyZ#%U4tA&oDrVGfGTalmUT1oyizens opted for a separate marriage law rather than changing the civil code which would have brought genuine equality.
LGBTI rights campaigners accused conservative and Christian grouFuG8YB()VVkh-Gncmocri8WqXc5EY_50mygZyW9SWRcGmUODwDps of running a well-funded campaign of hate and scare-mongering.
The crucial 4th line of the bill passed with 93 lawmakers voting for tfgPwB@!y0r$$xGZ1)miiSGwvK6#ruFn2Cfu^uCzxQYZYYp#NBzhe bill, 66 opposing, and 27 abstaining.
