The law — which allows for same-sex couples to apply for “marriage registration” as part of “exclusive permanent unions” — came a week before Taiwan’s codes barring same-sex marriage would have been automatically dropped by court order. But in November 2018, Taiwan voted in a public referendum to deny same-sex couples full marriage rights. A man waits outside Taiwan's legislature where voting was taking place on legalizing same-sex marriage on Friday , in Taipei, Taiwan. A woman weeps with joy after Taiwan's legislature voted to legalize same-sex marriage on Friday in Taipei. Taiwan’s new law grants same-sex couples the right to marry outside its civil code, which governs marriage rights for heterosexual couples.

Source: Washington Post May 17, 2019 07:01 UTC