Hong Kong
Big Win
Hong Kong’s highest court granted same-sex couple spousal benefits and the right to file joint tax returns in early June. Immigration officer Angus Leung, who married Scott Adams in New Zealand, had sued the Civil Service Bureau and the Inland Revenue Department for denying his husband the benefits enjoyed by heterosexual couples. "We think that as ordinary citizens, we shouldn't be going through such a process, to fight for such basic family rights,” Leung said outside court.
香港
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Taiwan
First in Asia
Taiwan became the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage this May. Lawmakers approved the legislation two years after the territory’s Constitutional Court ruled that the former law, which restricted marriage to heterosexual relationships, was unconstitutional. “We hope this landmark vote will generate waves across Asia and offer a much-needed boost in the struggle for equality for LGBTI people in the region,” said Annie Huang, acting director of Amnesty International Taiwan in a press statement.
台灣
大贏家
亞洲第一
香港終審法院在今年6月初承認了同性伴侶的配偶福利和合併報 稅的權利。入境處職員梁鎮罡在紐西蘭與Scott Adams結婚後， 向公務員事務局和稅務局申請異性伴侶享有的配偶福利，遭到 兩局拒絕，於是入稟法庭尋求司法覆核。「我們作為小市民， 要經過這樣艱苦冗長的方法，才可以得到一個基本的家庭權利， 其實是很不應該的。」梁鎮罡在法庭外說。
今年5月，台灣成為了亞洲第一個通過同性婚姻合法化的地方。 兩年前，台灣的司法院裁定此前只容許異性婚姻的法律是違憲 的。兩年後，立法院投票通過同性婚姻專法。「我們希望這次 歷史性的表決會在亞洲帶起風潮，為亞洲爭取平權的性小眾帶 來他們亟待的鼓舞。」國際特赦組織台灣分會代理秘書長黃尚 卿在一份新聞稿中說道。
ARIANA 2019
