Celebrities react to Taiwan legalizing same-sex marriage

May 17, 2019 10:50

Taiwan just became the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage. This establishes full legal marriage rights in terms of insurance, taxes, and child custody. Marriage equality was part of President Tsai Ing-wen's 2016 campaign platform. She tweeted the following:

On May 17th, 2019 in #Taiwan, #LoveWon. We took a big step towards true ( Read more... )

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marywebgirl May 17 2019, 18:31:35 UTC
My husband’s aunt and uncle were visiting us last weekend and tried to tell us it’s legal in India (where they live). Maybe they just meant it’s more accepted?

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sarafina126 May 17 2019, 18:33:14 UTC
Homosexuality just became legal in India, but marriage is still not unfortunately

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marywebgirl May 17 2019, 18:40:36 UTC
Thanks for explaining!

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laydownhere May 17 2019, 18:32:18 UTC
yay <3 so happy for taiwanese lgbt+ people

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vulcan_rhapsody May 17 2019, 18:37:08 UTC
Yay!!

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elderpricely May 17 2019, 18:41:46 UTC
Good. There's literally no good argument against it.

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asnindie May 17 2019, 18:49:18 UTC
I heard this news in the morning and made my day. Happy news for all the wonderful couples who can now legally marry.

Fight back the homophobia that is rising world wide.

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