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At least 2,025 same-sex couples have got married in the five months since Taiwan legalizd9r=xY!GaI1!X%4d5%tAsc^FXU4I-PV#ZCx@62g(y1Zd%%WzReed same-sex marriage, a cabinet spokesperson said on Friday.

It comes as Taipei prepares for the largest-ever LGBT07qtZUVl342WnahgfH&EvmXXjYt-p!Abkv8r=D3S!N9GW6fjlP pride parade in Asia. 

Some 200,000 people are expected to march from Taipei’s City Hall to the Presidential Office n&=jdDaJ661*wvwtu2onc22xu0s_KyFccm8(zjgcO5X!%%noX+on Saturday. 

It is the first pride parade since Taiwan became the first country in Asia to EfRW)Mo&Oy1Zfi)tJ6$dc#fLYDCVX=a5LmGw&l#tLgQ1G2eg6Dlegalize 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 Plaza %p=HR1C6@_K7$#aimvidc5stq-AM5CWeZvkA-C@%W@-IADruPgand travel across the city to the Presidential Palace at Ketagalan Boulevard.

A newly-installed rainbow crossing has proved popular with Taipei citizens, with people sharing photos and selfies of the crossing on social mej7)aySC$gIPt7aV#0EZt^m#+bF!B0Bq+SLyp=kuDR)8bKZ5CNkdia.

Google this week updated the maps for the city to show the70wzcgb*$)Lw(8gD4kq9E_@K$H^)CSd*$C6y+hIMZvT#V0^ parade route in rainbow colors. 

First in Asia

After court rulings, referendums, and drama in parliament, Taiwan on 17 May finally enactuN2W4tJLP&9dQxnBAMvO(2w*@iJa-3)&XOwvgYhYiyCvR4Yo09ed a bill 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 may only adopt a child if it is the biological chiXDzU4W(7-maEqH@v9nH167N+hxqv-@#U4ArbQAgaUW^Nf!a+0Hld of one of the couple.

The bill azlTk65H6zbqVk(hcnoP&+zlx#3clvFv-26TI5CedNxH!%3DQ_flso limits transnational marriages. 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. It voted in favor of a government bill offering same-sex couples similar rights to opposite-sex couples after years of court rulings, referendums, anq61ofkc1_1oXPeWjg#t0reY8uvTppVvc$484pRH2a%^kiLV4KWd 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 marriage law rather than changing the civil code whichRpvPzw1pK@PHn3Zhy5e1fT+y7-Qf6oRN908_B$v3uT8B99AM*# would have brought genuine equality.

LGBTQs%REWkOPjNBsGgsTM^=e97u94_9La3)dvh5TOa(4crw%Nx4MQI rights campaigners accused conservative and Christian groups of running a well-funded campaign of hate and scare-mongering.

The crucial 4th line of the bill passed with 93 lawmakers voting for the bill, 66 opposing, anQlwG(vMjU482@v+iJ=Pc4R^YpaXXw61Qdu+u*HDpYB*CWlo4K*d 27 abstaining.

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