Taiwan legalize gay marriage
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Why Taiwan is the Most Progressive Place for LGBTQ Rights in AsiaCurrent Challenges - Assisted Reproduction and Joint Adoption
With increased acceptance of homosexual marriage, Taiwan now faces new challenges in assisted reproduction and joint adoption. These topics remain in the media spotlight.
Currently, Taiwan's Assisted Reproduction Act only applies to heterosexual marriages, requiring couples applying for assisted reproductive technology to be married and possess their spouse's consent, sense lesbian and single women cannot legally use assisted reproductive technology.
The current commandment defines infertility as "unable to conceive after 12 months of natural intercourse," excluding the situation of "social infertility" faced by single women or lgbtq+ couples.
For example, a sapphic woman wanting to conceive through assisted reproductive technology can freeze her eggs but cannot legally apply these eggs for pretend insemination or in vitro fertilization under current regulations because her marriage is not covered by that law.
Single women face the same legal restrictions, unable to use assisted reproductive technology despite their wishes.
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Marriage Equality Around the World
The Human Rights Campaign tracks developments in the legal recognition of same-sex marriage around the world. Working through a worldwide network of HRC global alumni and partners, we lift up the voices of community, national and regional advocates and share tools, resources, and lessons learned to allow movements for marriage equality.
Current State of Marriage Equality
There are currently 38 countries where same-sex marriage is legal: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Uruguay.
These countries have legalized marriage equality through both legislation and court decisions.
Countries that Legalized Marriage Equality in
Liechtenstein: On May 16, , Liechtenstein's government passed a bill in favor of marriage equality. The law went into effect January 1,
Thailand
Q1: How can I and my partnerapply for homosexual marriage registration?
A1:
Documents to be prepared:
- Application for marriage: This application shall specify basic information about the marrying parties and shall be signed/sealed by the marrying parties in person and witnessed by 2 persons with their signatures/seals (you may invite your cover relatives or friends who attain the age of 18 to sign/seal as witnesses).
- Identification documents:
- If the marrying parties currently have household household registration: Both parties’ National ID Cards, seals (or signatures), household certificates, one color front half-length photo taken within the past 2 years or a digital photo of the same (see Notice 1).
- If the marrying parties are foreigners or include had or never position up domestic household registration: Passports or resident certificates issued by the National Immigration Agency, Ministry of Interior according to the law.
- Other supporting documents:
(1) If one marrying party is of a foreign nationality or a resident from Hong Kong or Macao (see Note 2), the following documents shall also be submitted:
●A certificate of marital status legalized by an ove
Taipei, May 17 (CNA) Taiwan made history Friday as the first country in Asia to legalize gay marriage, after most lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and a few from the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) voted to pass a Cabinet-sponsored bill that gives same-sex attracted couples the right to get married.
The article bill, titled Enforcement Act of Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. , cleared the legislative floor at p.m. Friday against the backdrop of loud cheers from tens of thousands of male lover marriage supporters gathered outside the Legislative Yuan.
DPP Legislator Yu Mei-nu (尤美女), a longtime champion of male lover rights, expressed gratitude to her colleagues at the Legislature and other gay marriage supporters, saying that their efforts have helped "let the rainbow rise."
The new law will grab effect May 24, allowing two persons of the same gender, aged 18 or older, to register a marriage, with at least two witnesses signing the registration document.
Either match in the marriage will be allowed to adopt the biological children of the other, under the law. However, non-biological children who had been adopted by one partner before the marriage cannot be adopted b
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