While the 2018 constitutional interpretation legalizing same-sex marriage was undeniably a major milestone in the push for LGBTQ equality, there is far more under the rainbow umbrella than marriage.
Two of the most pressing problems were brought under the spotlight recently, as LGBTQ groups took the opportunities afforded by International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31 and Children’s Day on April 4 to raise urgent calls for legal reform.
Perhaps most appalling are the medical requirements facing someone wanting to change their legal gender. According to Ministry of the Interior rules, an applicant must provide two psychiatric evaluations and proof of
Three same-sex couples are suing for the right to adopt, with the hopes of reaching the Council of Grand Justices for a constitutional interpretation, a coalition of LGBT rights groups said yesterday.
It has been two years since marriage equality was legalized, but same-sex couples still do not enjoy the same rights as mixed-sex couples when it comes to adoption, the groups told a news conference in Taipei under the slogan “do not make light of children’s rights.”
The law governing same-sex marriage only allows a spouse to adopt the biological child of their partner, preventing the partners from adopting as a