[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/on-the-first-day-of-same-sex-marriage-in-taiwan-157-couples-will-wed\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/on-the-first-day-of-same-sex-marriage-in-taiwan-157-couples-will-wed\/","headline":"On the first day of same-sex marriage in Taiwan, 157 couples will wed","name":"On the first day of same-sex marriage in Taiwan, 157 couples will wed","description":"At least 157 couples are planning to get married on May 24, when same-sex marriage becomes legal in Taiwan and there will be a wedding banquet.","datePublished":"2019-04-22","dateModified":"2019-04-22","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/alainaleary\/#Person","name":"Fin Leary","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/alainaleary\/","identifier":6376,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d51014ed1230c3de5b543787b5bebf7ad45072e559a4cdb76347a56854d47a4?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d51014ed1230c3de5b543787b5bebf7ad45072e559a4cdb76347a56854d47a4?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/peter-hershey-282615-unsplash-e1551903285201.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/peter-hershey-282615-unsplash-e1551903285201.jpg","height":733,"width":1100},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/on-the-first-day-of-same-sex-marriage-in-taiwan-157-couples-will-wed\/","about":["Marriage Equality News","News"],"wordCount":153,"keywords":[" marriage equality"," same-sex marriage","Asia","equality","gay marriage","lesbian marriage","LGBT","lgbt marriage","LGBTQ","LGBTQ marriage","queer marriage","Taiwan"],"articleBody":"Earlier this year, Taiwan made history by presenting Asia’s first same-sex marriage bill, draft legislation that would grant same-sex couples similar legal protections to heterosexual couples, according to Reuters. Same-sex marriage will become legal in Taiwan on May 24, 2019, thanks to\u00a0a Constitutional Court ruling in 2017.At least 157 couples are planning to get married on May 24 when it becomes legal, according to\u00a0the Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights (TAPCPR), a local LGBTQ+ rights organization.To celebrate,\u00a0TAPCPR is organizing a wedding banquet outside the presidential office in Taipei on May 25.RELATED:\u00a0TAIWAN PROPOSES THE FIRST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAW IN ASIAEqual Marriage Taiwan has been collecting well wishes for the couples. “We are looking forward to seeing the first same-sex marriage in Asia, and show to the world that Taiwan has our proudly own democratic constitution and diversity values in Asia,” Equal Marriage Taiwan\u2019s Benson Lee tells Gay Star News."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"On the first day of same-sex marriage in Taiwan, 157 couples will wed","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/on-the-first-day-of-same-sex-marriage-in-taiwan-157-couples-will-wed\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]