Supporters celebrate as legislatn is passed givg gay upl right to marry
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- 'HAPPILY EVER AFTER' ELUS TAIWAN, A YEAR AFTER ASIA'S FIRST GAY MARRIAG
- TAIWAN-MAU GAY UPLE MARRY AFTER LEGAL VICTORY
'HAPPILY EVER AFTER' ELUS TAIWAN, A YEAR AFTER ASIA'S FIRST GAY MARRIAG
Taiwan’s lawmakers have passed a same-sex marriage bill, makg the first place Asia to brg gay marriage. * taiwan gay marriage *
Lawmakers Taiwan have approved a bill legalizg same-sex marriage, a landmark cisn that mak the self-led island the first place Asia to pass gay marriage legislatn.
Although the island has a large gay muny and s annual gay pri para is the biggt Asia, the issue of marriage equaly has bterly divid Taiwane society. In recent months nservative groups have mpaigned agast same-sex marriage reform, phg for a law that would see gay marriag refed as somethg closer to same-sex unns.
TAIWAN-MAU GAY UPLE MARRY AFTER LEGAL VICTORY
When Taiwan beme the first place Asia to allow same-sex marriage last year, universy profsor Lois was among thoands of gay people who cheered and waved rabow flags on the streets of the pal Taipei. * taiwan gay marriage *
Wu Tzu-an, a 33-year-old gay artist om Taipei, was among the crowds outsi the parliament celebratg Friday.
In 2015, veteran gay rights activist Chi Chia-wei – who has spent 30 years fightg for marriage equaly – filed a requt to the Constutnal Court askg for a lg on an article the island’s civil statg that marriage is between a man and a woman. Taiwan’s gay marriage opponents seized the opportuny to put forward a referendum askg voters whether they agreed wh same-sex marriage.
In maland Cha, where homosexualy is legal but prejudic and discrimatn agast LGBT people persist unr Communist Party le, an thor of same-sex erotic fictn was sent to jail for 10 years November.
In 2017, a urt had given the ernment two years to create a legal amework for gay marriage. On Friday, lawmakers passed the most progrsive of three bills. * taiwan gay marriage *
In April, the ler of the ty, oil-rich kgdom of Bnei announced he would troduce ath by stong for those nvicted of gay sex.