The China Post
Date: December 27, 2016
By: CNA

TAIPEI — The Taipei City government began Monday to issue newly implemented same-sex partnership

A Taipei City government official holds two same-sex partnership certificates on Monday, Dec. 26. (CNA)

certificates that allow same-sex couples to apply for family care leave and sign surgical or medical treatment consent forms for each other.

The certificate evolved from an official A4-sized document of a same-sex relationship that the Department of Civil Affairs of the Taipei City government began to issue June 17, 26015, when it began allowing same-sex couples to register their partnerships.

However, some people complained that the size of a document is inconvenient to carry, so it developed a “same-sex partnership certificate” that is the same size as a personal ID card, the department said.   [FULL  STORY]