Taiwan’s first gay couple Shane Lin (L) and Marc Yuan kiss outside the Household Registration Office in Shinyi district in Taipei on May 24,2019. Taiwan’s first official same-sex weddings kicked off in a landmark moment for LGBT rights in Asia. Source: Sam YEH / AFP
More than 1,000 people have attended a mass wedding banquet in Taiwan‘s capital to celebrate the marriage of same-sex couples after a landmark decision legalising the unions.
Attendees pose for photographs during a pro-same-sex marriage party organized by the Taipei City government and Marriage Equality Coalition Taiwan in Taipei on Friday. (Image Courtesy: Ashley Pon/Bloomberg News)
Taiwan became the first place in Asia to recognise same-sex marriage last week following a vote by the island’s legislature.
A couple holding identity cards poses for photographs while registering for marriage at a Household Registration Office. (Image Courtesy: Ashley Pon/Bloomberg News)
LGBT couples clad in flowing white gowns and matching suits gathered in Taipei on Saturday evening to walk down a red carpet flanked by cheering supporters.
Signs reading “Same Sex, Same Love” are displayed on a table during a pro same-sex marriage party organized by the Taipei City government and Marriage Equality Coalition Taiwan. (Image Courtesy: Ashley Pon/Bloomberg)
They were honoured in a gala that featured an emcee who wished them “100 years of happiness.” A drag queen also performed with a group of scantily clad men. Taiwan split with mainland China amid a civil war in 1949. China’s ruling Communist Party considers the island part of its territory.
