“I feel very proud of Taiwan, because we are the first country in Asia to legalize gay marriage,” Kristin Huang said while filling out marriage paperwork.
A newly married couple kiss on May 24, 2019, the first day of civil registration for same-sex marriage in Taipei, Taiwan.
“I feel very proud of Taiwan, because we are the first country in Asia to legalize gay marriage,” Huang said while filling out marriage paperwork at a media-packed registration office in central Taipei. They were among 20 couples who married as a group at the district office Friday morning and attended a joint garden party just outside.
“I couldn’t sign for her and she was delayed for quite a few hours,” Cheng said. “The hospital made it hard for us.”Yang Hsun and her new spouse, Hsu Pei-chieh, looked forward mainly to giving their five-year relationship a name the outside world could understand instead of asking quizzical questions about their unmarried but going-steady status. They expect better treatment when traveling overseas, such as joint accident insurance coverage, following their marriage Friday.
“The first time I attended an LGBTQ rally, I took a rainbow flag and waved it diligently, but when I got back on the road I put it away and didn’t dare take it out,” said Lin Hsuan, 31, holding back tears. He and his spouse, Yuan Shan-ming, 30, who have been together for more than a decade, registered in Taipei on Friday in matching peach-colored suits, behind flower bouquets and facing a witness in rainbow-hued clothes.
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