TAIPEI: Taiwan could become the first place in Asia to legalise gay marriage on Wednesday when a court makes a landmark ruling on whether to allow same-sex unions. Activists are optimistic the decision will go in their favour, with growing momentum behind the push for equal marriage rights on the island. Campaigners for and against gay marriage are expected to gather in central Taipei on Wednesday afternoon. A panel of 14 grand justices will make the ruling in a case that centres on whether Taiwan’s current law is unconstitutional. Taiwan’s pioneering gay rights campaigner, Chi Chia-wei, is one of the petitioners who has brought the case to the constitutional court.

Source: Manila Times May 23, 2017 21:45 UTC