Same-sex marriage in Taiwan

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Same-sex marriage has been legal in Taiwan since 24 May 2019, making it the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. On 24 May 2017, the Constitutional Court ruled that the marriage law was unconstitutional, holding that the constitutional rights to equality and freedom of marriage guarantee same-sex couples the right to marry under the Taiwanese Constitution. The ruling gave the Legislative Yuan two years to bring the law into compliance, after which registration of such marriages would come into force automatically. In November 2018, the Taiwanese electorate voted in favor of referendums aimed at preventing the recognition of same-sex marriages within the existing Civil Code. In response, the government confirmed it would not amend the Civil Code but would instead prepare a separate law for same-sex couples. On 20 February 2019, a draft bill was published that would allow same-sex couples to establish a "permanent union of intimate and exclusive nature for the purpose of living...

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