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The CBC reports:
More than 360 same-sex couples tied the knot in emotional scenes in Taiwan on Friday, the first legal marriages in Asia hailed by activists as a social revolution for the region. The government data was released after Taiwan’s parliament passed a bill last week that endorsed same-sex marriage, although the measure could complicate President Tsai Ing-wen’s bid for re-election next year.
Twenty couples queued at a marriage registration office Friday in downtown Taipei, where rainbow flags were on display alongside stacks of government-issued, rainbow-themed registration forms. “I feel very lucky that I can say this out loud to everyone: I am gay and I am getting married,” said Shane Lin, a 31-year-old baker who with his partner were the first couple to register in the Taipei office.
“History in Taiwan. Same sex marriage is now legal. Shane Lin and Yuan Shan-Ming become one of the first couples to marry this morning in Taipei.”
Source: @MattRiversCNN instagram
Video: @joshelleycnn pic.twitter.com/JEPF9b3l5m— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) May 24, 2019
Taiwan is the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, and the first official weddings are underway ?️? pic.twitter.com/EwiidQV48l
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) May 24, 2019
A Taiwan lesbian couple showed their new ID card to media after registered their marriage #Taiwan #gayrights pic.twitter.com/9jjiy66Yi4
— Amber Wang (@ambermywang) May 24, 2019
Congratulations! 恭喜! Asia’s first same-sex marriage #Taiwan #Samesexmarriage #LGBT pic.twitter.com/iq9qwIn6lk
— Rik Glauert (@RikGlauert) May 24, 2019
Taiwan gay marriage: Three couples and a wedding to celebrate equality https://t.co/48uFM8MddP pic.twitter.com/Q3NcVbbEWR
— Roman Taylor (@RTDEWHITE) May 23, 2019
Taipei same-sex couple becomes first in #Taiwan and Asia to legally marry #samesexmarriagehttps://t.co/4rGFlNsGRu pic.twitter.com/N9FiRmD1wm
— Taiwan News (@TaiwanNews886) May 24, 2019
“I feel very lucky that I can say this out loud to everyone: I am gay and I am getting married.”
Shane Lin, one of the first people to marry his same-sex partner today in Taiwan, on the first day it became legalhttps://t.co/d3TgVQOs6o pic.twitter.com/hZHjeJHYtE
— Rachel Savage (@rachelmsavage) May 24, 2019
Couples walk down the rainbow aisle, and hold up signs that literally said “We got married.” pic.twitter.com/v46lmOiQ0p
— William Yang (@WilliamYang120) May 24, 2019