Landmark court case this week is likely to determine the success or failure of draft laws currently before parliamentChi Chia-wei will find out on Wednesday if his decades long fight to perform Taiwan the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage has been a success.
Chi,59, a pioneering Taiwanese homosexual rights activist, and is the celebrated face behind one of the most controversial legal cases the island democracy has seen in recent years,where 14 judges must rule if the civil code, which states that marriage is between a man and a woman, or is unconstitutional. Related: There are reasons to be cheerful ... LGBTI rights gains in unlikely countries | Peter Tatchell Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com