Taiwan is reportedly on the verge to become Asia’s first country to acknowledge marriage among same sex individuals. With an unprecedented ray of hope, more than 80,000 Taiwanese supporters took to the streets of Taipei to commemorate the city’s annual LGBT Pride parade over the weekend. “We actually can see that there are about 66 legislators who will probably vote yes on marriage equality,” Pride Watch activist Cindy Su said in the report. Due to existing Taiwanese laws, Picoux was unable to make crucial medical decisions which could have saved his partner’s life during his dying moments. Homosexuality, meanwhile, remains taboo to most Asian countries, and is currently illegal in Malaysia as well as across much of South Asia.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 03, 2016 10:50 UTC