Event takes place a month before referendum on same-sex marriage

Independent
Date: Oct 28, 2018
By: Sabrina Barr

Thousands of people took to the streets of Taipei to march in the annual Taiwan Gay Pride Parade.

This year’s LGBT+  event took place a month before a historic vote on same-sex marriage, which is due to take place in the country on November 24.

The government ruled that same-sex couples had a legal right to marry in May.

It said that the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the state would come into effect after two years.    [FULL  STORY]