Opinion: Taiwan’s same-sex marriage law could change the debate in Asia forever
People celebrate Taipei, Taiwan, last week after lawmakers voted to legalize same-sex marriage. By Jennifer Lu May 20 at 1:56 PM Jennifer Lu has worked in the LGBTQ+ movement in Taiwan for 15 years. She is chief coordinator of Marriage Equality Coalition Taiwan.
The fight for marriage equality in Taiwan did not come easy. It consisted of hopes and setbacks spanning many years, finally culminating in this moment. As the issue picked up momentum, the Marriage Equality Coalition Taiwan and Yu Mei-nu, a legislator from the Democratic Progressive Party, proposed an amendment to the civil code to legalize same-sex marriage. We organized large-scale demonstrations and managed to get an amendment to the civil code in front of a legislative committee. In 2017, the constitutional court ruled that it was unconstitutional that the civil code had failed to recognize the right of same-sex marriage.
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