https://www.scmp.com/rss/329635/feed Zoe Leung is a senior programme associate with the EastWest Institute. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com To many outside the LGBT community, the May 2017 ruling of the Taiwan Constitutional Court legalising same-sex marriage settled the question. However, outside the public consciousness, there has been a continuous struggle for same-sex couples to attain equal rights, despite being promised them by the highest court on the island. The vote against amending the Civil Code to legalise same-sex marriage in a November 2018 referendum was a setback not only for the LGBT community, but also President... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3010321/what-taiwans-slow-march-towards-legalising-gay-marriage?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3010321/what-taiwans-slow-march-towards-legalising-gay-marriage?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 May 2019 03:30:10 +0000 In many ways, the 2018 American midterm elections represented a massive change in Washington; Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives by a wide margin, while the Republicans slightly increased their control over the Senate. But there is one area in which this change will not be felt: US policy towards Taiwan. Congress has traditionally been supportive of Taiwan, and this bipartisan position will continue even with a flip in the House. More importantly, hardening resistance to... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2175421/us-position-taiwan-will-not-waver-regardless?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2175421/us-position-taiwan-will-not-waver-regardless?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Nov 2018 04:15:00 +0000