Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/11/26
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan

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Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) Taiwan could have become the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage last year, but the way the politicians have dealt with the issue have allowed anti-gay rights groups to gain momentum and throw the issue into disarray, analysts said.

“This was really a missed opportunity for gay marriage with equal rights,” Michael Danielsen, chairman of Taiwan Corner, a Denmark-based non-governmental organization that focuses on Taiwan, told CNA in a recent email interview.

“It was clear that the issue could have been solved in the Legislative Yuan in late 2017.”

He was responding to the results of Saturday’s referendums that saw passage of three proposals seen as opposing gay rights by big margins.    [FULL  STORY]