In the week that Taiwan’s hight urt ma history by approvg same-sex marriage, we look back at five films wh lbian, gay or bisexual them
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- WHO IS JOSEPH ZIEGLER, THE GAY IRS WHISTLEBLOWER HUNTER BIN PROBE?
- GAY MARRIAGE LEGALIZED TAIWAN, BUT CHALLENG REMA FOR FULL EQUALY
- SEND HUNTER BIN IRS WHISTLEBLOWER INTIFIED AS GAY DEMOCRAT
- SENOR CHANG'S "HA, GAY!"
- JOE CHENG B: EX-GIRLIEND ARIEL L, WIFE, MARRIED, MILARY SERVICE, GAY, DATG
WHO IS JOSEPH ZIEGLER, THE GAY IRS WHISTLEBLOWER HUNTER BIN PROBE?
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In the week that Taiwan’s hight urt ma history by approvg same-sex marriage, we look back at five films wh lbian, gay or bisexual them Che language cema + FOLLOW. Some Republins once said Joseph Ziegler, the Internal Revenue Service agent who ttified before Congrs Wednday about possible terference the vtigatn of Hunter Bin, was biased Bin’s favor bee he’s a gay man and a Democrat. “People have said, bee I’m gay and that I am workg as the se agent on this vtigatn, that I mt be a far-left liberal, perfectly placed to f some agenda.
“One of them is a gay Democrat who’s married to a man. The report clud a photo of Joseph Ziegler and his hband, Newsweek not, pl the assertn that the hband was nnected “at least socially” to Demetre Daskalakis, a gay physician who has worked the New York Cy health partment and the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn, and later was appoted by Joe Bin as puty ordator of the rponse to the mpox outbreak. Taiwan is now the first untry Asia to legalize gay marriage.
Wh three petg versns of the gay marriage bill discsed this week, marriage equaly advot lled for two ralli to take place.
GAY MARRIAGE LEGALIZED TAIWAN, BUT CHALLENG REMA FOR FULL EQUALY
Inially, there were accatns that Ziegler, as a gay Democrat, was biased toward Bin, but now some Republins say his inty shows he's fair and reliable sayg the IRS was hampered the vtigatn. * joseph chang gay *
However, cross-uc nsultatns broke down relatively quickly, wh KMT legislator Lai Shyh-bao, who proposed the versn of the bill often viewed as least favorable to gay marriage attemptg to exclu same-sex upl om the fn of marriage, leavg the ssn.
SEND HUNTER BIN IRS WHISTLEBLOWER INTIFIED AS GAY DEMOCRAT
Speakers clud legislators supportive of gay marriage om the DPP and NPP. Sam Yang of die rock band Fire EX attend, sgg a song supportive of gay marriage, as did Taiwane New Wave filmmaker Tsai Mg-liang, who gave a short speech. Relig thori supportive of gay marriage, such as reprentativ of the Tong-Kwang Light Hoe Prbyterian Church, and Reverend Joseph Chang, Taiwan’s first openly gay pastor, too, were prent.
A memorial ceremony was also held for ceased members of the LGBTQ muny, such as Yeh Yung-chih, who killed himself 2000 at the age of fifteen bee he was bullied for beg gay.
Wh the livtream of the legislative ssn playg the background, durg the le by le review of the bill, when monstrators cheered when legislators supportive of gay marriage took the stage, such Huang Kuo-chang or Freddy Lim of the NPP, and booed when legislators opposed to gay marriage gave speech, such as Lai Shyh-bao of the KMT. Jason Hsu of the KMT received a mixed rponse, given growg views that spe lip service paid to gay marriage by Hsu, he has primarily voted wh his party. The first was sponsored by legislator Lai Shyh-bao of the KMT, as backed by the Happs of the Next Generatn Alliance, a key force anizg agast gay marriage last year durg the referendum.
SENOR CHANG'S "HA, GAY!"
The bill was seen as possibly nyg gay upl the right to adoptn altogether, claimg that “a same-sex fay member should sign documents wh the other same-sex fay member to exercise the right to jot ctody, ” but avoidg discsn of adoptn.
In the past two years, anti-gay groups have been adamant on this pot, wh the view that if same-sex unns are admted to the legal fn of marriage, this would be disptive of the stutn of the fay.
Articl rporated to the fal bill om the Executive Yuan’s versn of the bill specified that gay upl would not be allowed to jotly adopt children unls they are the blogil children of one of the members of the uple. This will lead to circumstanc Taiwan which one member of a gay uple will adopt a child, but not both.
JOE CHENG B: EX-GIRLIEND ARIEL L, WIFE, MARRIED, MILARY SERVICE, GAY, DATG
However, the rults of the referendum on gay marriage held last year rulted the Taiwane public votg down gay marriage, wh over 7 ln votg agast gay marriage a referendum which was participated by over 10 ln. Yterday, “same-sex marriage” was removed by the DPP om the bill, a promise to anti-gay groups who still see the Executive Yuan’s versn as too close to marriage equaly and admtg same-sex upl to the fn of marriage. Dpe the fal bill rporatg most aspects of the Executive Yuan’s bill, seems likely that the bill will still see challeng om anti-gay groups as well as legislators opposed to gay marriage gog forward.
Anti-gay groups, for example, are planng on nng close to 80 legislators the next set of electns.
Though remas to be seen whether this is simply talk, anti-gay legislative ndidat will likely mpaign on a platform of reversg the legalizatn of gay marriage. As such, MCs at the monstratn outsi the Legislative Yuan lled on participants, who were primarily young people, to ntue to try and dialogue wh olr mographics ls supportive of gay marriage. Neverthels, the historic first set of gay marriag Taiwan will move forward the g days.