Taiwan holds Asia’s first gay wedding
24 May 2019 |
3:38 pm
A week after lawmakers took the historic step of legalizing gay marriage, the first same-sex couples have tied the knot in Taiwan. Yet the newly-weds are still subject to restrictions not faced by heterosexual couples.
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