Taiwan to recognise same-sex marriages between Chinese and Taiwanese nationals

Taiwan has announced that it will recognise same-sex marriages between Taiwanese and Chinese nationals, giving couples the right to register their unions under the same regulations as heterosexuals.

The couples will be able to register their marriages in Taiwan after tying the knot outside the island nation or China, after providing relevant documentation and passing an interview, a press release published on the Ministry of the Interior website said.

“The Ministry of the Interior pointed out that cross-strait couples marrying each other in a third place will follow the practice of heterosexual marriages in terms of document verification, interview mechanisms and marriage procedures,” the statement read.

“For people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait who are not married in a third place (regardless of heterosexual or same-sex marriages), they

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