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		</div><p>Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Taiwan’s capital for the city’s annual gay pride parade ahead of referendums next month that will determine whether same-sex marriages will be recognised on the island.</p>
<p>In a first for Asia, Taiwan’s Constitutional Court ruled in favour of same-sex marriage in May 2017, punctuating a long campaign by advocates for gay rights in one of the continent’s most liberal democracies.</p>
<p>Authorities were given two years to either enact or amend relevant laws, failing which same-sex couples could have their marriages recognised by submitting a written document.</p>
<figure id="attachment_119737" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-119737" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/58CC764A-0FE9-4D5B-85C8-60AD1B6D7DD5.jpeg"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/58CC764A-0FE9-4D5B-85C8-60AD1B6D7DD5.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="469" class="size-full wp-image-119737" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-119737" class="wp-caption-text">A participant during the annual parade organised by Taiwan LGBT Pride</figcaption></figure>
<p>But little progress has been made towards implementing the court’s ruling. Meanwhile, gay rights and anti-gay rights campaigners have organised referendums that will take place alongside local elections on November 24.</p>
<p>Organisers estimated that 130,000 people took part in the parade in Taipei, the biggest annual gay pride march in Asia. Wang Zi, a 35-year-old from Beijing, said he supports Taiwan for being a pioneer in gender equality and same-sex marriage in Asia.</p>
<p>“There should not be boundaries when it comes to love and sex,” Mr Wang said.<br />
“I am supporting this. Although I cannot take part in this [referendum], I will support Taiwan with all my might. Go Taiwan. Go marriage equality.”</p>
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