Hundreds of thousands marched through Taipei, Taiwan's capital Saturday calling for the government to deliver the promise of marriage equality. The demonstration comes during a heated debate over same-sex marriage and whether civil laws should recognize it.
The first such ruling in Asia, Taiwan’s constitutional court declared May 2017 that same-sex couples had the right to legally marry, and set a two-year deadline for legalization.
Now the island will hold a series of public votes November 24, after election authority approved separate referendum petitions from conservative and civil rights groups.