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MAY 24: Taiwan legalizes same-sex marriage (2017)

Today – on May 24, 2017 – the highest court of Taiwan’s legal system has ruled that existing laws which prevent same-sex couples from marrying are a source of inequality and are officially unconstitutional. The court released a press release in which they declare, “such different treatment is incompatible with the spirit and meaning of the right to equality.“

The momentum for the same-sex marriage ruling has been building ever since mid-2015, when the high court began to meet in Taiwan’s capital of Taipei to discuss the case (x). 

Although this decision shows obvious support for same-sex people and couples living in Taiwan, the Taiwanese parliament will have to create actual new legislation before any legal same-sex marriages can take place. If the Taiwanese parliament were to simply amend the existing marriage laws to include same-sex couples, it would also grant those couples adoption, parenting, and inheritance rights in one fell swoop. However, many LGBT activists in the region are afraid that the parliament may choose to create new legislation that fills the high court’s new requirement but sequesters same-sex couples to the equivalent of a civil unions and to real, genuine marriages. Taiwan is known for its liberal temperament and even holds the largest Pride parade in Southeast Asia every year, so although time can only tell how this legal battle will play out, the odds of same-sex couples in Taiwan finally being able to legally marry seem bright!

-LC

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