Taiwan parliament gave their nod to the bill legalizing same-sex marriage, a landmark decision that makes the self-ruled island the first place in Asia to pass gay marriage legislation.
The vote came almost two years after the island's Constitutional Court ruled that the existing law- which said marriage was between a man and a woman -- was unconstitutional. The panel of judges gave the island's parliament two years to amend or enact new laws.
President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, took it to her twitter and said “We took a big step towards true equality and made Taiwan better.”
The Strive of Taiwan to legalize has started in 2017 when it top court ruled out the law that stated marriage as between a man and woman that violated the people right to equality and eventually set a two year deadline to make amendment in the law or the same sex marriage would go into effect on May 24, 2019.
In November 2018 the Taiwanese Public rejected the law of same sex marriage in a referendum and this didn’t affect the court ruling because it was nonbinding. This historic law allows the same sex couples to apply for marriage registration.
Reportedly the law doesn’t provide full equality yet it was a victory for a region that has been slow in adopting LGBT protections the bill includes the limited adoption rights and extension of some tax and insurance of same sex couples. The supporters celebrated as the wait for the result was put to rest and publicly announced the legalization of same sex marriage.