Two lesbian couples married in Taiwan mass military wedding for first time

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two lesbian couples in Taiwan made history on Friday when they married at a mass wedding ceremony organised by the military. But the mass wedding with 188 couples at the military base where two same-sex couples married was a first. Wang’s mother Amy Chao said it is a huge “breakthrough for the military because before gay people really had to go through a lot.” The Taiwanese army’s Lt General Yang An said their attitude is that everyone should be treated equally, and the ceremony shows that the “military’s position is open-minded, progressive and with the times.” According to the Pew Research Center, around 30 countries and territories across the world have passed laws that allow gays and lesbians to marry, but they are mostly in Europe and the Americas. Costa Rica’s highest court in 2018 ruled that a law banning same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, and in May 2020 it became the first Central American nation to allow same-sex marriage.