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May 17 • 6 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
We are bringing you some positive LGBTQ+ news this #IDAHOBIT 🏳️‍🌈:

Taiwan has passed ground-breaking legislation to grant same-sex couples full adoption rights - in a massive win for equality 🙌🧵(1/5) A pride parade in Taiwan wh...
In 2019, Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, and has now approved an amendment to an existing law after years of fierce campaigning by LGBTQ+ activists. (2/5)
Previously, if a same-sex couple wanted to adopt a child, only one of them could register as the child’s legal parent.

The extension to the Same-Sex Marriage Act, approved on 16th May, allows same-sex couples to jointly adopt a child to whom neither of them is related (3/5)
“We have finally returned same-sex couples to their children… parental love is the same, and only through joint adoption can we protect the rights and interests of each other by law,” Fan Yun, a lawmaker from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), said. (4/5)
To read more about this monumental milestone for Taiwan, click the link below: (5/5)
thepinknews.com/2023/05/17/tai…
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