Tag: Taiwan

'I'm leaping with joy like a bird' Yesterday, Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. It was a historic moment for the country and many people gathered outside of the legislature building to hear the ruling. People cheered, laughed and cried when the ruling was handed down. The Council of Grand Justices ruled that it was unconstitutional to discriminate against same-sex couples. The court gave legislators two years to make the changes, after which they would come in...

Court says ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional; unless law is amended within two years, marriage equality becomes legal Taiwan is set to be the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. A top court in the country today ruled that the current law, banning same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional. Marriage equality can become law in two years The Council of Grand Justices in Taipei decreed that if a law amendment to change the constitution is not introduced with two years, the interpretation of...

58% of the same-sex couples were from Australia and 17% were from China Same-sex couples from across the Asia Pacific are flocking to New Zealand to get married. New Zealand is the only country in the region to legally recognize same-sex marriages. Stats NZ today revealed that almost half of all of the same-sex marriages and civil unions were couples from overseas. Last year 954 same-sex weddings or civil unions were performed in New Zealand in 2016. 483 of those were couples living...

Hsieh chose that park to propose to his boyfriend because it's where they used to go on dates when they first met seven years ago There are thousands of wedding proposal videos that have gone viral so it’s easy to become a bit jaded. But every now and again a video comes along that thaws your cold heart and has you believing in love all over again. One such video comes from Taiwan – a country whose government is close to becoming...

Taiwan is poised to become the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage. An estimated 250,000 people surrounded Taiwan’s Presidential Office in capital city Taipei on Saturday (December 10) in support of equal marriage, Asia Times reports. https://twitter.com/PinkDotSG/status/807920021540196352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Taiwan is poised to become the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage. While the country’s President has been a vocal supporter of equal marriage, the nations push to legalize same-sex unions was galvanised by the death of a gay professor in...

The bill seeks to change the existing gendered terms in the marriage law, such as 'man and woman,' to 'the two parties.' As one of the most progressive Asian nations in terms of gay rights, is Taiwan finally ready for marriage equality? On Monday, ten legislators of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have announced that a proposal to amend the Civil Code to legalise same-sex marriage is currently in the works, according to Focus Taiwan. Yu Mei-nu, a convener of the Judiciary and Organic Laws and...

On Oct. 16, Jacques Picoux died after falling from the 10th floor of a building in Wenshan District, southern Taipei.  The investigation into his death continues, but police have not found any signs of a struggle are leaning toward the fact that Picoux may have committed suicide. There is definitely more to this story, this death, and how it tie into Taiwan's marriage equality fight. The sudden death of a well-known French professor in Taiwan, whose partner recently died from cancer,...