201724 May 2019 · Taipei
Taiwan legalises same-sex marriage
After three decades of campaigning, led at first by the activist Chi Chia-wei, Taiwan's Constitutional Court ruled in May 2017 that the ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Following a hostile referendum in 2018, the Legislative Yuan passed a marriage law on 17 May 2019, and couples married from 24 May, the first in Asia to do so.
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- Site 1: Legislative YuanThe parliament building where crowds waited in the rain for the vote.Map ↗
- Site 2: Ketagalan BoulevardThe avenue before the Presidential Office where marriage-equality rallies gathered.Map ↗
- Site 3: Red House, XimendingA 1908 market hall whose courtyard bars form the heart of Taipei's gay scene.Map ↗
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