Gay Couple First Time In Military Wedding

 

Taiwan – For the first time in Taiwan’s mass military wedding, same sex couple were included on the wedding. Two same sex couples were included particularly two lesbian soldiers and their civilian female wives. The wedding was held last Friday October 30,2020.

 

“Taiwan's army holds mass weddings every year, but this was the first time same-sex couples have taken part in one.”(BBC)

 

“Two lesbian couples have become the first to take part in a mass military wedding in Taiwan, the only place in Asia to have legalised gay marriage.” (BBC)

 

“One of the couples involved said she hoped it would inspire "more LGBT people in the military [to] stand up".”(BBC)

 

“"Our military is very open-minded," Chen Ying-xuan, an army lieutenant who married Lee Ying-ying, told news agency the Associated Press (AP).”(BBC)

 

“Taiwan's government last year became the first to legalize same-sex marriage in Asia, a part of the world where homosexuality remains illegal in many countries. But the island remains divided over other related issues such as same-sex parenting, while gay couples are only allowed to marry foreigners from countries where same-sex marriage is also legal.”(CNN)

 

““We are hoping that more LGBT people in the military can bravely stand up, because our military is very open-minded. In matters of love, everyone will be treated equally,” Chen Ying-hsuan, an army lieutenant who married Li Li-chen, told Time.” (The Hill)

 

The main point : For the first time in Taiwan’s mass military wedding a gay couple was included particularly two lesbian  soldiers and their civilian wives.