Taiwan became the first Asian country to legalize gay marriage: "Won love"

Taiwan marked history this Friday by approving large majority in Parliament marriage between people of the same bad, which makes it the first country of Asia to legalize it. The vote took place on the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobias.

For several hours, Taiwanese MPs debated three different proposals, two of which generally involved civil unions of same-bad couples and another more progressive one presented by the government that legalized same-bad marriage and which was approved by a comfortable majority. : 66 votes in favor and 27 against.

"He won the love", celebrated the Taiwanese president, Tsai Ing-wen, through his account on the social network Twitter. "We have taken a big step towards real equality and made Taiwan a better country," he said after witnessing one of his campaign promises.

The approved text was the only bill that also proposed limited adoption rights to homobadual couples and was the only one of the three debate proposals that LGTBI activists accepted.

This approval, which places Taiwan at the forefront of the growing movement for gay rights in Asia, is a important victory for the LGTBI community in Taiwan who have fought for years to obtain rights similar to those of heterobadual couples.

In May 2017, the Constitutional Court of the Island issued a historic opinion according to which judge unconstitutional depriving persons of the same bad of the right to marry.

He then mandated the government until May 24, 2019 change the law warning that if he did nothing, same-bad marriage would become legal.

Thousands of equal marriage supporters gathered Friday in parliament, defying a heavy rain, for press the deputies during the debate on this law which caused a strong division of opinion in Taiwan.

Within the chamber, other sections of the law were still under discussion, including those regarding what she would recommend to gay couples in terms of adoption rights.

What is certain is that, in this area, same-bad couples will not get equality with heterobaduals, because the more progressive proposal only provides for adopt the biological son of one of the members of the couple.

Associations defending the rights of the LGTBI community nevertheless expressed their willingness to make concessions in this area if they obtained recognition of the concept of marriage. His idea is that Battles on adoption and surrogacy can wait.

Over the last ten years, Taiwan has been one of the most progressive countries in Asia in terms of gay rights and has organized the biggest gay pride parade from the continent.

However, the island that lives separate from China since 1949, is also a extremely conservative society, with very powerful religious pressure groups, especially outside the cities.

"We hope this momentous vote will generate a wave in Asia that will provide an essential boost to the struggle for the equality of LGBTI people in the region," said Annie Huang, Amnesty International's local director.