- Title: Thousands throng Taipei streets in East Asia's largest Pride march
- Date: 26th October 2019
- Summary: TAIPEI, TAIWAN (OCTOBER 26, 2019) (REUTERS) PARTICIPANTS GATHERING FOR PARADE VARIOUS OF PARTICIPANTS IN COSTUMES GATHERING FOR PARADE PEOPLE TAKING PHOTOS PEOPLE TAKING PHOTOS WITH PARADE PARTICIPANTS VARIOUS OF PARADE PARTICIPANT POSING FOR PHOTOS PARADE IN PROGRESS PARTICIPANT WAVING RAINBOW FLAGS VARIOUS OF HUGE RAINBOW FLAG BEING CARRIED THROUGH STREETS RAINBOW FLAG TIED ON THE INSTRUMENTS OF A MARCHING BAND MARCHING BAND OF THE PARADE
- Embargoed: 9th November 2019 14:48
- Keywords: Taiwan gay pride march Asia same-sex marriage
- Location: TAIPEI, TAIWAN
- City: TAIPEI, TAIWAN
- Country: Taiwan
- Topics: Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001B2QF42H
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: More than 100,000 people thronged the streets of Taiwan's capital Taipei on Saturday (October 26) for East Asia's largest Pride march, months after the self-ruled island began formally allowing same-sex marriage, the first place in Asia to do so.
Proudly democratic Taiwan is a bastion of liberal values in a part of the world where in many countries homosexuality remains illegal.
Since legalization on May 24, more than 2,150 same-sex couples have married in Taiwan, government data shows.
Organizers say more than 200,000 people are marching through the streets of Taipei, in a parade that will end in the evening outside the Presidential Office.
Chi Chia-wei, an activist who brought a case to Taiwan's constitutional court that led to a landmark court ruling on same-sex marriage in 2017, told Reuters that everyone was extremely happy.
Same-sex marriage remains illegal in Taiwan's giant neighbor China, which claims Taiwan as its sacred territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under Beijing's control.
Late last year, Taiwanese voters opposed same-sex marriage in a series of referendums, defining marriage as being between a man and a woman in civil law.
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