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‘Men in skirts' events in Taiwan go viral as government legalises same-sex marriage
 [France24] Taiwan’s parliament voted to legalise same-sex marriage on Friday, becoming the first in Asia to do so.Lawmakers had a two-year window to make a decision after Taiwan’s constitutional court ruled that same-sex couples had a right to marry in 2017. Tens of thousands of supporters waiting outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei in the rain burst into celebration after the vote was announced. "#LoveWon," President Tsai Ing-wen tweeted. "We took a big step towards true equality, and made Taiwan a better country." The weeks leading up to the vote were marked in part by student-led "men in skirts" events that went viral. At New Taipei Banqiao High School, students organised a week-long event in early May encouraging male classmates to wear skirts to support gender equality and challenge societal norms of what men and women should wear. Posted by: Besoeker 2019-05-18 |
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