On the Chinese microblogging site Weibo, dozens of accounts have posted comments cheering Taiwan for becoming the first “Chinese province” to support gay marriage. Taiwan is a self-governing island but is kept at arm’s length by most countries thanks to Beijing’s long-time insistence that it is a breakaway region that is nevertheless part of the communist Chinese republic established in 1949.
“A Chinese province has legalized same-sex marriage” read a page description (link in Chinese) on Weibo. The page, which also uses the hashtag “Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage,” has been viewed more than 20 million times since it was set up yesterday, soon after Taiwan made the announcement. Thousands of comments, mostly hailing Taiwan’s progress are posted on the page.
“Taiwan has become the first one that allows same-sex marriage, does that mean China has become the first Asian country that allows same-sex marriage?” wrote ( link in Chinese) one person on Weibo, while another commented (link in Chinese), “[We] congratulate that Taiwan Province has become the first of its kind to legalize same-sex [marriage].” (The Taiwan ruling doesn’t exactly allow same-sex marriages to take place right away—instead the government must amend the laws to make it possible within two years.)
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