June Pride Month – Same-Sex Marriage

Walking into the church hand in hand with your lover is really a happy and enviable thing 💞.

But for same-sex couples, getting married is difficult and full of challenges 😫.

To this day, there are still many countries that do not recognize the relationships and rights of same-sex couples, but "even if we are disappointed, we cannot despair"🥺.

As June enters Pride Month, why not take this opportunity to do a "review of same-sex marriage events" in various places 🏳️‍🌈 ~

Although there is still a long way to go before same-sex marriage is fully legalized, we must not give up and fight to the end 💪🏻!

1. Hong Kong 🇭🇰: The eighth anniversary of the marriage appeal of Hong Kong transgender person W

Transgender woman W applied to the Marriage Registry Office to marry her boyfriend, but the Marriage Registrar refused because W’s gender at birth was a boy.

W subsequently appealed to the Court of Final Appeal. Finally, on May 13, 2013, the Court of Final Appeal overturned the decision of the Marriage Registrar, saying that it had violated W's constitutional rights to marriage and privacy, and ruled that W could The boyfriend's marriage has become one of the major cases concerning sexual and gender minority rights.

2. Taiwan 🇹🇼: Second anniversary of legalization of same-sex marriage

Since the legalization of same-sex marriage in Taiwan officially came into effect on May 24, 2019, more than 5,000 same-sex couples have registered for marriage, and the level of agreement that "same-sex couples should have the legal right to marry" has increased to 60%.

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3. Japan 🇯🇵: Local court ruled that the government’s failure to recognize same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, becoming the first in the country

In January 2019, two same-sex male couples and one female same-sex couple in Japan applied for marriage registration to the local government but were rejected, so they filed a lawsuit with the court.

The Sapporo District Court in Hokkaido issued a ruling on March 17 that the government's failure to recognize same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, becoming the first in the country and taking an important step towards equal rights.

4. United States 🇺🇸: Gay couple adopts abandoned subway baby
Carefully cultivated to become a top math student

A gay couple in the United States accidentally discovered an abandoned baby in a subway station and immediately contacted the police. Later, they attended the family court to testify, when the judge suddenly suggested that they adopt the abandoned baby.

Although the two were hesitant to adopt the baby at first, they eventually decided to raise the abandoned baby together. Today, the baby has grown up and is studying mathematics and computer programming at university.

The two fathers even wrote this touching story into a book "Our Subway Baby" and published it, which aroused the response of many readers.

5. Taiwan 🇹🇼: Amend the law to officially recognize transnational same-sex marriage
Hong Kong 🇭🇰, Macau 🇲🇴 also applies to same-sex couples

The Taiwan Judicial Yuan will pass an amendment draft on January 22, 2021, stipulating that same-sex couples can register their marriage in Taiwan as long as one of them is Taiwanese, officially recognizing transnational same-sex marriages.