gay marriage in Taiwan

Two Days of Celebrations in Taiwan with Historic First Gay Marriages in Asia

Brian Hioe
Celebrations have taken place across Taiwan in the last two days, with Taiwan’s first gay marriages taking place yesterday after the passage of gay marriage into law last week, and a mass wedding banquet held today on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office. As Taiwan is the first country to legalize gay marriage in Asia, these are the historic first gay marriages to take place in Asia...
EnglishGender/SexualityMay 2019Social Movements7 min read

An Analysis of the Implications and Strategy of Taiwan’s Gay Marriage Bill Going Forward

Milo Hsieh
Taiwan's Executive Yuan has proposed a draft for same-sex marriage legislation earlier this month. This draft proposes to legalize same-sex marriage, but under a different framework of law than the ones currently in effect for straight couples. The bill has currently passed its second reading, though splits have emerged between parties regarding whether to advance the current bill or amend the bill further...
EnglishGender/SexualityMarch 2019Social Movements7 min read

Mobilizing Crisis, Material Inequality, and Ideological Splits

Wen Liu
On November 24, five of the national referendum results show overwhelming opposition against the legalization of same-sex marriage and a gender equality education in grade school that would include LGBTQ issues. While there are many questions that remain to be answered through a more detailed analysis of the voting data, we are here writing as activists to reflect on the movement and offering some observations and directions on how we may want to move forward from here...
#22EnglishGender/SexualityNovember 2018Social Movements10 min read

Conservative Forces on the Rise in Taiwan After Progressive Civil Society’s Defeat in 2018 Elections

Brian Hioe
There would seem to be no greater indicator of progressive civil society’s defeats in 2018 local elections more than its losses across the board in terms of the referendums it pushed for. However, the situation seems to set to get bleaker in the near future. Conservative groups have now realized that referendums may be one way for them to force their political agendas through...
#22EnglishNovember 2018Politics5 min read