https://www.scmp.com/rss/500923/feed Sarah Ngu is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She was born in Borneo, Malaysia and writes at sarahngu.com en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Anyone reading the headlines about Taiwan’s legalization of same-sex marriage would get the impression this was Asia’s first taste of marriage equality. They would be quite wrong. Taiwan may be the first jurisdiction in Asia to legalize the modern form of same-sex marriage, but such unions have been recognized across the region in various guises for centuries. Asia has a rich history of acceptance of sexual and gender diversity – one that has largely been forgotten. When Europeans first... https://www.scmp.com/society/china-embraced-gay-marriage-long-taiwans-law-west-perverted-history/article/3012086?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/china-embraced-gay-marriage-long-taiwans-law-west-perverted-history/article/3012086?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 May 2019 08:36:00 +0000 Anyone reading the headlines about Taiwan’s legalisation of same-sex marriage would get the impression this was Asia’s first taste of marriage equality. They would be quite wrong. While Taiwan may be the first jurisdiction in Asia to legalise the modern form of same-sex marriage, such unions have been recognised across the region in various guises for centuries. It may be true that Asia does not have a great reputation among the LGBTQ community, but it does have a rich history of acceptance of... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3011750/china-embraced-gay-marriage-long-taiwans-law-west-perverted?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3011750/china-embraced-gay-marriage-long-taiwans-law-west-perverted?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 May 2019 01:00:16 +0000