Taiwan government to unveil draft same-sex marriage law


  • World
  • Wednesday, 20 Feb 2019

FILE PHOTO: Same-sex marriage supporters hold hands as they taking part in a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride parade after losing in the marriage equality referendum, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan November 25, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's government said on Wednesday that it would propose a draft law to allow same-sex marriage in Asia's first such bill amid a heated debate over marriage equality that has divided the self-ruled island.

In November, Taiwan voters opposed marriage equality in a series of referendums, dealing a blow to the island's reputation for liberalism in Asia. The public votes defined marriage as between a man and a woman and asked for a special law to be enacted for same-sex union.

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