Many speeches today at the pride parade were responding to criticisms of marriage equality by anti-gay groups, such as speakers emphasizing the importance of sexual education and teaching pluralized and diverse social values through education, or that gay marriage is not incompatible with Asian social values in the way that anti-gay groups sometimes claimed.
Taiwan: To LGBTQ, or not to LGBTQ, that is Taiwan’s question
Taiwan: Why has same-sex marriage legislation in Taiwan stalled?
Last May, Taiwan’s top court ruled that preventing same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. It gave the government two years to either amend current laws or introduce new legislation to bring about marriage equality. The landmark decision paved the way for the island to become the first country in Asia to legalise gay marriage. But a year down the line, progress has stalled.
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Cuba: In rare campaign for Cuba, churches advocate against gay marriage
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Europe: It’s time to end discrimination against rainbow families
Declaring it “crucial and urgent” that European States overcome the discrimination experienced by both adults and children in rainbow families, PACE has called for the elimination of all unjustified differences in treatment in the field of private and family life based on grounds of sexual orientation.