The only sexual and gender minority population estimate in Taiwan is from the Ministry of the Interior’s household registration system. “By June 2017, a total of 2,233 same-sex couples (i.e. 4,466 individuals) were registered, of which 1,755 were lesbian couples.”Although no comprehensive survey has been conducted to estimate the total size of the SGM population in Taiwan, a huge victory for LGBTQ+ visibility was achieved in May 2019 when the nation became the first in Asia to pass same-sex marriage legislation.
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Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
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Civil Unions
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Joint Adoption
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Second Parent Adoption
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Employment Nondiscrimination Laws
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Broad Protections
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Criminalization of Violence
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Ban of Conversion Therapy
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Legal Gender Change (without Sex Reassignment Surgery)
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*but a ban is being considered by the Ministry of Health and Welfare
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Consensual Same-Sex Acts are Legal?
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Gender
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Max Penalty (Yrs in Prison)
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