Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/12/09
By: Liu Li-jung, Liu Kuan-ting and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, Dec. 9 (CNA) A total of 3,951 same-sex couples have registered as partners over
Since Kaohsiung became the first city in Taiwan to allow same-sex couples to register their partnerships at household registration offices on May 20, 2015, 18 of the country’s 22 cities and counties have introduced a partnership registration scheme for such couples and have also begun to accept applications from other localities.
This year as of November, 1,061 same-sex couples had registered their partnerships nationwide, while 1,201 registered in 2017, and 1,417 in 2016 and 2015, bringing the total cumulative number to 3,951. [FULL STORY]