Mass Weddings Planned as Taiwan OKs Asia’s First Same-Sex Marriage Law

Hsu Pei-chieh and her partner Yang Hsun are tired of trying to explain their relationship to everyone else. They’re going steady and share everything down to a parking pass. Hsu, 30, and Yang, 29, want to tell the outside world they’re spouses because they already call each other “wife.” People will get it if the couple can give their relationship a “name,” said Hsu, a Taipei office worker. The pair has also worked with Taiwan’s 20-year-old LGBT movement, which is unusually vibrant for...

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