https://www.scmp.com/rss/330677/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com How were long-term relationships that fell outside society’s generally accepted parameters once labelled, both by the wider world, and those who wished to recognise two people’s validity as a couple? Earlier generations lacked the neutral vocabulary – such as “partner” – that today’s world possesses to help explain and quantify love and commitment of a different kind. These definitional challenges particularly affected interracial relationships not formalised by marriage, and further complicated... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/3135065/when-same-sex-relationships-were-not-recognised-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/3135065/when-same-sex-relationships-were-not-recognised-and?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 31 May 2021 00:15:10 +0000 Keen to make the most of a statutory holiday for newlyweds, a couple from Taiwan found a novel way to maximise their honeymoon – by marrying four times in just over a month. The unusual story, confirmed by Taipei’s Labour Department on Wednesday, is the latest to go viral and highlight innovative, if somewhat bizarre, loophole wrangling by Taiwanese citizens. Taiwanese companies are legally obliged to offer eight days of paid leave to newlyweds. But an unnamed bank employee decided to game the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3130479/taiwanese-couple-get-married-four-times-37-days-maximise-leave?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3130479/taiwanese-couple-get-married-four-times-37-days-maximise-leave?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:11:46 +0000 After Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage on May 17, the self-ruled democracy has been praised as the first place in Asia to recognize equal rights. But one message of approval has irked the Taiwanese government. People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, tweeted a gif image that read “love is love” and which featured symbols of same-sex and heterosexual couples in rainbow colors. But its post referred to the Taiwanese lawmakers who passed a bill legalizing gay marriage as... https://www.scmp.com/society/taiwans-move-legalize-gay-marriage-wins-hearts-across-strait/article/3011143?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/taiwans-move-legalize-gay-marriage-wins-hearts-across-strait/article/3011143?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 May 2019 09:36:17 +0000