2. “The issue of same-sex equality has deeply polarised society. Taiwan’s constitutional court made alandmark ruling in 2017 to legalise gay marriage and ruled its decision should be implemented within twoyears. Conservative and religious groups mobilised to oppose amending the civil code and won a series ofreferendums last November in which voters rejected defining marriage as anything other than a unionbetween a man and a woman. Same-sex couples could currently only adopt their partners’ biologicalchildren and could only marry foreigners from countries where gay marriage is also recognised.”