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• HISTORY’S FIRST GAY COUPLETHEY LIVED, DIED AND WERE BURIED TOGETHER AS EARLY AS 2400 B.C EGYPTKAMNA KIRTI·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·3 M READ·AUG 13, 2020--5SHARENIANKHKHUM AND KHNUMHOTEPSOURCE: PUBLIC DOMAWHEN EGYPTOLOGISTS DISVERED THE TOMB AT SAQQARA, EGYPT 1964, THEY WERE SURPRISED. THIS WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY TOMB THE NECROPOLIS WHERE A SAME-SEX UPLE WAS BURIED TOGETHER.WH MOST OF THE HISTORY GETTG LOST TRANSLATN, EGYPTOLOGISTS HAVE EXTRAPOLATED OM THE EVINCE THEIR TOMB THAT KHNUMHOTEP AND NIANKHKHNUM ARE HISTORY’S FIRST DOCUMENTED GAY UPL. THE CLAIM OF A FIRST RERD SAME-SEX UPLE HAS MET NSIRABLE BATE ACROSS AMIANS.HIEROGLYPHS ADORNED ACROSS THE TOMB PICT THEM AS HOLDG HANDS, FACE TO FACE WH THEIR NOS TOUCHG, EMBRACG A WAY THAT PICTS A MARRIED UPLE.THE TOMB
• MEET THE FIRST GAY COUPLE TO MARRY TAIWAN, A MILTONE FOR ASIATAIWANE LAWMAKERS VOTED LAST WEEK TO LEGALIZE SAME-SEX {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY BRANDON VOSSMAY 25, 2019/12:56 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4624PX;WIDTH:3077PX;}SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGTAIWANS FIRST GAY UPLE SHANE L (R) AND MARC YUAN POSE FOR PHOTOS ONT OF TAIPEI 101 TOWER DURG A WEDDG CEREMONY SHYI DISTRICT TAIPEI ON MAY 24, 2019. (PHOTO BY SAM YEH / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY BRANDON VOSSMAY 25, 2019 / 12:56 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MEET THE FIRST GAY COUPLE TO MARRY TAIWAN, A MILTONE FOR ASIA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-05-25T16:56:10.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-05-25T16:56:10.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","KEYWORDS":"MARRIAGE EQUALY, TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHANE L AND MARC YUAN MA HISTORY FRIDAY AS THE FIRST GAY UPLE TO GET MARRIED TAIWAN, THE FIRST PLACE ASIA TO LEGALIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, RTERS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAWMAKERS VOTED MAY 17 TO MAKE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGAL THE ISLAND STATE. THE NEW LG TOOK EFFECT FRIDAY AFTER PRINT TSAI ING-WEN PASSED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE TOOK A BIG STEP TOWARDS TE EQUALY, AND MA TAIWAN A BETTER UNTRY,” ING-WEN TWEETED AFTER THE HISTORIC VOTE, WHICH ASIAN ACTIVISTS HAIL AS A SOCIAL REVOLUTN FOR THE REGN.SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGTAIWANS FIRST GAY UPLE SHANE L (R) AND MARC YUAN DISPLAY A SIGN READG "WE ARE MARRIED" ONT OF TAIPEI 101 TOWER DURG A WEDDG CEREMONY SHYI DISTRICT TAIPEI ON MAY 24, 2019. (PHOTO BY SAM YEH / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}L AND YUAN LED HUNDREDS OF QUEER UPL TYG THE KNOT AT THE XYI DISTRICT HOEHOLD REGISTRATN OFFICE TAIPEI, WHERE RABOW FLAGS AND RABOW-LORED REGISTRATN FORMS WERE ON DISPLAY. THE NEWLYWED UPL THEN WALKED DOWN A RABOW-LORED RPET A NEARBY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COLLEGE SWEETHEARTS L AND YUAN WERE THE FIRST TO LEGALLY REGISTER AT THE DOWNTOWN TAIPEI OFFICE. LBIAN UPLE LI YG-CHIEN AND CYNIL CHICK FOLLOWED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I FEEL VERY LUCKY THAT I N SAY THIS OUT LOUD TO EVERYONE: I AM GAY AND I AM GETTG MARRIED,” SAID L, A 31-YEAR-OLD BAKER. “I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF MY UNTRY TAIWAN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO STATISTICS PILED BY THE MISTRY OF THE INTERR, 363 GAY UPL REGISTERED TO BE MARRIED WH SIX HOURS, CLUDG 116 MALE UPL AND 247 FEMALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THIS IS THE RIGHT THAT WE SERVED OM A LONG TIME AGO,” SAID TAIWANE LGBTQ ACTIVIST CHI CHIA-WEI, DRAPED A RABOW FLAG. “AS A BEAN ASIA, I HOPE TAIWAN’S MOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ULD HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT ON OTHER UNTRI ASIA.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2017 THE LEGISLATIVE YUAN, TAIWAN'S PARLIAMENT, LED FAVOR OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, SETTG THE UNTRY ON THE URSE TO BEE THE FIRST PLACE ASIA TO EMBRACE MARRIAGE EQUALY. PARLIAMENT WAS GIVEN A TWO-YEAR ADLE TO CHANGE THE LAW OR SAME-SEX UPL WOULD TOMATILLY BE ALLOWED TO MARRY.SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGTAIWANS GAY UPLE SHANE L (L) KISS MARC YUAN AS ANOTHER UPLE CYNIL CHICK AND LI YG-CHIEN LOOK ON AFTER REGISTERG AT THE HOEHOLD REGISTRATN OFFICE SHYI DISTRICT TAIPEI ON MAY 24, 2019. (PHOTO BY SAM YEH / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A LAWSU BEFORE THE NSTUTNAL URT ARGUED TAIWAN’S CIVIL CO, WHICH FED MARRIAGE AS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN, DISCRIMATED AGAST GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE THE FACT THAT AN TIMATED 71% OF TAIWANE CIZENS ACTUALLY SUPPORT MARRIAGE EQUALY, A MAJORY OF VOTERS SID WH ANTI-EQUALY PLATFORMS OM NSERVATIVE GROUPS LAST YEAR AND REJECTED THE LEGALIZATN OF MARRIAGE EQUALY A SERI OF BALLOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAIWAN, UNLIKE NSERVATIVE NEIGHBOR CHA, HAS A VOL GAY MUNY, AND S ANNUAL LGBTQ PRI PARA IS THE LARGT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEE MORE PHOTOS OM L AND YUAN'S SPECIAL DAY BELOW.SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGTOPSHOT - SHANE L (C) IS FORTED BY HIS PARTNER MARC YUAN (R) AND A IEDN DURG A WEDDG CEREMONY SHYI DISTRICT TAIPEI ON MAY 24, 2019. (PHOTO BY SAM YEH / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAG)SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGTOPSHOT - TAIWANS FIRST GAY UPLE SHANE L (L) AND MARC YUAN KISS OUTSI THE HOEHOLD REGISTRATN OFFICE SHYI DISTRICT TAIPEI ON MAY 24,2019. - TAIWAN'S FIRST OFFICIAL SAME-SEX WEDDGS KICKED OFF A LANDMARK MOMENT FOR LGBT RIGHTS ASIA (PHOTO BY SAM YEH / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAG)SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGTOPSHOT - THIS PICTURE TAKEN ON MAY 7, 2019 SHOWS KE MAKER SHANE L (L) AND HIS LOVER MARC YUAN POSG FOR A PHOTO DURG AN TERVIEW AT THEIR WORKSHOP CAKE PLAY TAIPEI. (PHOTO BY SAM YEH / AFP) / TO GO WITH STORY: TAIWAN-POLICS-RIGHTS-GAY-MARRIAGE, FOCUS BY AMBER WANG (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAG)SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGTAIWANS GAY ACTIVIST CHI CHIA-WEI (R) SIGNS A WEDDG CERTIFITE FOR GAY UPLE SHANE L AND MARC YUAN (L) AFTER REGISTERG AT THE HOEHOLD REGISTRATN OFFICE SHYI DISTRICT TAIPEI ON MAY 24, 2019. (PHOTO BY SAM YEH / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAG)SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGTHIS PICTURE TAKEN ON MAY 7, 2019 SHOWS KE MAKER SHANE L (L) AND HIS LOVER MARC YUAN POSG FOR A PHOTO DURG AN TERVIEW AT THEIR WORKSHOP CAKE PLAY TAIPEI. (PHOTO BY SAM YEH / AFP) / TO GO WITH STORY: TAIWAN-POLICS-RIGHTS-GAY-MARRIAGE, FOCUS BY AMBER WANG (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MARRIAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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HISTORY’S FIRST GAY COUPLETHEY LIVED, DIED AND WERE BURIED TOGETHER AS EARLY AS 2400 B.C EGYPTKAMNA KIRTI·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·3 M READ·AUG 13, 2020--5SHARENIANKHKHUM AND KHNUMHOTEPSOURCE: PUBLIC DOMAWHEN EGYPTOLOGISTS DISVERED THE TOMB AT SAQQARA, EGYPT 1964, THEY WERE SURPRISED. THIS WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY TOMB THE NECROPOLIS WHERE A SAME-SEX UPLE WAS BURIED TOGETHER.WH MOST OF THE HISTORY GETTG LOST TRANSLATN, EGYPTOLOGISTS HAVE EXTRAPOLATED OM THE EVINCE THEIR TOMB THAT KHNUMHOTEP AND NIANKHKHNUM ARE HISTORY’S FIRST DOCUMENTED GAY UPL. THE CLAIM OF A FIRST RERD SAME-SEX UPLE HAS MET NSIRABLE BATE ACROSS AMIANS.HIEROGLYPHS ADORNED ACROSS THE TOMB PICT THEM AS HOLDG HANDS, FACE TO FACE WH THEIR NOS TOUCHG, EMBRACG A WAY THAT PICTS A MARRIED UPLE.THE TOMB

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MEET THE FIRST GAY COUPLE TO MARRY TAIWAN, A MILTONE FOR ASIATAIWANE LAWMAKERS VOTED LAST WEEK TO LEGALIZE SAME-SEX {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY BRANDON VOSSMAY 25, 2019/12:56 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4624PX;WIDTH:3077PX;}SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGTAIWANS FIRST GAY UPLE SHANE L (R) AND MARC YUAN POSE FOR PHOTOS ONT OF TAIPEI 101 TOWER DURG A WEDDG CEREMONY SHYI DISTRICT TAIPEI ON MAY 24, 2019. (PHOTO BY SAM YEH / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY BRANDON VOSSMAY 25, 2019 / 12:56 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MEET THE FIRST GAY COUPLE TO MARRY TAIWAN, A MILTONE FOR ASIA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-05-25T16:56:10.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-05-25T16:56:10.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","KEYWORDS":"MARRIAGE EQUALY, TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHANE L AND MARC YUAN MA HISTORY FRIDAY AS THE FIRST GAY UPLE TO GET MARRIED TAIWAN, THE FIRST PLACE ASIA TO LEGALIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, RTERS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAWMAKERS VOTED MAY 17 TO MAKE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGAL THE ISLAND STATE. THE NEW LG TOOK EFFECT FRIDAY AFTER PRINT TSAI ING-WEN PASSED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE TOOK A BIG STEP TOWARDS TE EQUALY, AND MA TAIWAN A BETTER UNTRY,” ING-WEN TWEETED AFTER THE HISTORIC VOTE, WHICH ASIAN ACTIVISTS HAIL AS A SOCIAL REVOLUTN FOR THE REGN.SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGTAIWANS FIRST GAY UPLE SHANE L (R) AND MARC YUAN DISPLAY A SIGN READG "WE ARE MARRIED" ONT OF TAIPEI 101 TOWER DURG A WEDDG CEREMONY SHYI DISTRICT TAIPEI ON MAY 24, 2019. (PHOTO BY SAM YEH / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}L AND YUAN LED HUNDREDS OF QUEER UPL TYG THE KNOT AT THE XYI DISTRICT HOEHOLD REGISTRATN OFFICE TAIPEI, WHERE RABOW FLAGS AND RABOW-LORED REGISTRATN FORMS WERE ON DISPLAY. THE NEWLYWED UPL THEN WALKED DOWN A RABOW-LORED RPET A NEARBY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COLLEGE SWEETHEARTS L AND YUAN WERE THE FIRST TO LEGALLY REGISTER AT THE DOWNTOWN TAIPEI OFFICE. LBIAN UPLE LI YG-CHIEN AND CYNIL CHICK FOLLOWED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I FEEL VERY LUCKY THAT I N SAY THIS OUT LOUD TO EVERYONE: I AM GAY AND I AM GETTG MARRIED,” SAID L, A 31-YEAR-OLD BAKER. “I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF MY UNTRY TAIWAN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO STATISTICS PILED BY THE MISTRY OF THE INTERR, 363 GAY UPL REGISTERED TO BE MARRIED WH SIX HOURS, CLUDG 116 MALE UPL AND 247 FEMALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THIS IS THE RIGHT THAT WE SERVED OM A LONG TIME AGO,” SAID TAIWANE LGBTQ ACTIVIST CHI CHIA-WEI, DRAPED A RABOW FLAG. “AS A BEAN ASIA, I HOPE TAIWAN’S MOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ULD HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT ON OTHER UNTRI ASIA.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2017 THE LEGISLATIVE YUAN, TAIWAN'S PARLIAMENT, LED FAVOR OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, SETTG THE UNTRY ON THE URSE TO BEE THE FIRST PLACE ASIA TO EMBRACE MARRIAGE EQUALY. PARLIAMENT WAS GIVEN A TWO-YEAR ADLE TO CHANGE THE LAW OR SAME-SEX UPL WOULD TOMATILLY BE ALLOWED TO MARRY.SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGTAIWANS GAY UPLE SHANE L (L) KISS MARC YUAN AS ANOTHER UPLE CYNIL CHICK AND LI YG-CHIEN LOOK ON AFTER REGISTERG AT THE HOEHOLD REGISTRATN OFFICE SHYI DISTRICT TAIPEI ON MAY 24, 2019. (PHOTO BY SAM YEH / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A LAWSU BEFORE THE NSTUTNAL URT ARGUED TAIWAN’S CIVIL CO, WHICH FED MARRIAGE AS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN, DISCRIMATED AGAST GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE THE FACT THAT AN TIMATED 71% OF TAIWANE CIZENS ACTUALLY SUPPORT MARRIAGE EQUALY, A MAJORY OF VOTERS SID WH ANTI-EQUALY PLATFORMS OM NSERVATIVE GROUPS LAST YEAR AND REJECTED THE LEGALIZATN OF MARRIAGE EQUALY A SERI OF BALLOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAIWAN, UNLIKE NSERVATIVE NEIGHBOR CHA, HAS A VOL GAY MUNY, AND S ANNUAL LGBTQ PRI PARA IS THE LARGT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEE MORE PHOTOS OM L AND YUAN'S SPECIAL DAY BELOW.SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGTOPSHOT - SHANE L (C) IS FORTED BY HIS PARTNER MARC YUAN (R) AND A IEDN DURG A WEDDG CEREMONY SHYI DISTRICT TAIPEI ON MAY 24, 2019. (PHOTO BY SAM YEH / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAG)SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGTOPSHOT - TAIWANS FIRST GAY UPLE SHANE L (L) AND MARC YUAN KISS OUTSI THE HOEHOLD REGISTRATN OFFICE SHYI DISTRICT TAIPEI ON MAY 24,2019. - TAIWAN'S FIRST OFFICIAL SAME-SEX WEDDGS KICKED OFF A LANDMARK MOMENT FOR LGBT RIGHTS ASIA (PHOTO BY SAM YEH / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAG)SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGTOPSHOT - THIS PICTURE TAKEN ON MAY 7, 2019 SHOWS KE MAKER SHANE L (L) AND HIS LOVER MARC YUAN POSG FOR A PHOTO DURG AN TERVIEW AT THEIR WORKSHOP CAKE PLAY TAIPEI. (PHOTO BY SAM YEH / AFP) / TO GO WITH STORY: TAIWAN-POLICS-RIGHTS-GAY-MARRIAGE, FOCUS BY AMBER WANG (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAG)SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGTAIWANS GAY ACTIVIST CHI CHIA-WEI (R) SIGNS A WEDDG CERTIFITE FOR GAY UPLE SHANE L AND MARC YUAN (L) AFTER REGISTERG AT THE HOEHOLD REGISTRATN OFFICE SHYI DISTRICT TAIPEI ON MAY 24, 2019. (PHOTO BY SAM YEH / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAG)SAM YEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGTHIS PICTURE TAKEN ON MAY 7, 2019 SHOWS KE MAKER SHANE L (L) AND HIS LOVER MARC YUAN POSG FOR A PHOTO DURG AN TERVIEW AT THEIR WORKSHOP CAKE PLAY TAIPEI. 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READ MORE: Che stunt su over textbooks that ‘monize’ gays. Both she and Jenny cled to give their last nam to Rters due to Japan’s still-nservative views on lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) upl.

GAY UPLE BEE FIRST OFFICIAL SAME-SEX FOSTER PARENTS JAPAN

This was the first and only tomb the necropolis where a same-sex uple was buried most of the history gettg lost translatn, Egyptologists have extrapolated om the evince their tomb that Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum are history’s first documented gay upl. Shane L and Marc Yuan ma history Friday as the first gay uple to get married Taiwan, the first place Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, Rters reports. “I feel very lucky that I n say this out loud to everyone: I am gay and I am gettg married, ” said L, a 31-year-old baker.

”Acrdg to statistics piled by the Mistry of the Interr, 363 gay upl registered to be married wh six hours, cludg 116 male upl and 247 female upl. A lawsu before the nstutnal urt argued Taiwan’s Civil Co, which fed marriage as between a man and a woman, discrimated agast gay upl. Dpe the fact that an timated 71% of Taiwane cizens actually support marriage equaly, a majory of voters sid wh anti-equaly platforms om nservative groups last year and rejected the legalizatn of marriage equaly a seri of ballot, unlike nservative neighbor Cha, has a vol gay muny, and s annual LGBTQ Pri para is the largt more photos om L and Yuan's special day below.

"We jt wanted to make sure that the world saw the most posive si of beg a gay uple." Simone Popperl eded this terview for broadst. Acrdg to LGBT webse Equalx while homosexualy is legal Japan, same-sex marriage is not regnised.

JAPAN’S SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE IS SOARG. BUT CAN IT BEE LAW?

One survey on s pag suggt 42% of Japane people support, or somewhat support gay source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Other veloped untri have much more liberal laws surroundg same-sex uplThe Netherlands beme the first untry the world to legalise same-sex marriage Zealand, South Ai, Norway and Denmark, as well as others, all followed su the years as recently as 2010 Tokyo's ernor ed outrage when he scribed gay people as "ficient" has only recently started addrsg LGBT bullyg month the natnal ernment updated s anti-bullyg guil to clu protectn for sexual and genr diverse stunts. Campaigners hope this latt step uld help shift the attus of anti-gay sentiment the on Instagram at BBCNewsbeat and follow on Snapchat, search for bbc_newsbeat. Lee/The New York TimTOKYO — Ikuo Sato stood ont of a Tokyo urt April and told the world he was gay.

His fay and -workers do not know he is gay, and he hop — at least for now — to keep that way, fearg discrimatn his uple’s story epomiz the ntradictns that shape the liv of gay people across Japan. Gay people face overwhelmg prsure to nform to the silent, stiflg norms of a society which many parents and workers are still unfortable wh the ia of their own children and lleagu beg gay.

“The Japane people thk we should regnize same-sex marriage, ” said Taiga Ishikawa, who July beme the first openly gay man elected to the untry’s Parliament. The survey, by the advertisg giant Dentsu, found that more than half of gay men and lbians Japan were ncerned about g out. In an terview wh Shcho 45, a nservative magaze, a lawmaker, M Suga, dismissed gay men and lbians as “unproductive” members of society who would not bear children.

HISTORIC KYOTO TEMPLE FIRST JAPAN TO OFFER GAY WEDDGS

Suga speculated that regnizg same-sex marriage uld e Japan to llapse as fac a growg populatn remarks were wily publicized, raisg awarens of discrimatn agast gay people, said Alexanr Dmrenko, a Canadian lawyer and rint of Tokyo who has been a proment advote of same-sex marriage. “It was like Japan’s Stonewall, ” he said, referrg to the 1969 police raid and followg protts that set off the gay rights movement the Uned Stat. “boom, ” Kazuya Kawaguchi, a soclogy profsor at Hiroshima Shudo Universy, poted to two televisn dramas featurg the liv of gay men — “Ossan’s Love” and “What Did You Eat Yterday?

Four episos of “Queer Eye” were also set televisn dramas “improved people’s imprsns of gay upl, ” Mr.

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”At the same time, attus have been changg among Japane pani as they have embraced gay nsumers and steadily creased their support for gay employe.

ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

Sixty-seven anizatns have signed on to the statement, but so far only a handful have been Japane firms, cludg Panasonic and the buildg materials manufacturer domtic media verage of changg norms abroad has “ntributed to a huge amount of discsn here, very few people the Japane rporate workplace or fay suatns feel fortable g out, ” said Lrence Bat, 63, who beme one of the few openly gay directors of a major Japane pany last year when he was appoted to Panasonic’s board. As of October, only 617 upl had registered their partnerships, acrdg to Nijiiro Diversy, a nonprof that fights discrimatn agast gay people the workplace.

He expects that legalizatn of same-sex marriage will enurage his partner to exprs his sexualy beyond the gay muny and open up to his fay and lleagu.

More about Ben DooleyA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 4 of the New York edn wh the headle: Contradictns Japan Over Gay Marriage. Homosexualy has been legal Japan sce 1880, and the untry is relatively liberal pared wh some other Asian natns. The regnn has been slow to be adopted natnwi, amid very gradual cultural acceptance of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people Japan and throughout is the only untry the Group of Seven largt enomi not to regnize same-sex marriag.