Rule barring registration of cross-national gay couple marriages scrapped

In a sudden policy reversal, Taiwan has decided to allow same-sex couples with one Taiwanese and one foreign national to register their marriage even if the foreign partner is from a jurisdiction where same-sex marriages are illegal.

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