Focus Taiwan
Date: 05/23/2020
By: Wang Cheng-chung and Ko Lin

Taipei, May 23 (CNA) A total of 4,021 gay couples got married in Taiwan as of Friday, almost exactly one year after a new law legalizing same-sex marriages in Taiwan took effect on May 24, 2019.

Data released Saturday by the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) showed that the majority of the registered marriages were female couples, which stood at 2,773, or 69 percent of the total, with 1,248 for male couples.

New Taipei led with the registration of 815 same-sex marriages, followed by Taipei with 633 and Kaohsiung with 534, according to the statistics.

The Legislative Yuan passed the same-sex marriage bill in May last year, and the law went into effect on May 24 that year, making Taiwan the first country in Asia to legalize gay marriages.    [FULL  STORY]