小黑。Jul 15, 2023

Nepal becomes first South Asian country to allow same-sex marriage

https://lemmy.world/post/1526194

Nepal becomes first South Asian country to allow same-sex marriage - Lemmy.world

Supreme Court judge Til Prasad Shrestha ruled marriages of same-sex and non-traditional couples must be registered as “temporary” until lawmakers come up with a new legal framework to uphold such unions permanently. In an interim ruling on 28 June, the judge ordered Nepal’s government to set up a separate register of marriages for same-sex couples, who lawyers say will have the same rights as heterosexual partners.

Show threadbaseless_discourse
Um, unless Taiwan is not part of “south asia”, they have been allowing non-heterosexual marriage for a well. Recently they are also planning to open Child adoption for non-heterosexual partners, but I did not follow up on how it went.
Jul 15, 2023 at 7:43pmWeb
Show threadbarsoapJul 15, 2023
It’s not the location that’s the issue with Taiwan but the country status thing, with the autonomous mainland provinces refusing to declare independence and everything.
Show threadheterophobeJul 15, 2023
I’d love to know who considers Taiwan as part of South Asia, because it isn’t
Show threadbaseless_discourseJul 15, 2023
I always image south asia just the whole southern part of asia. I guess Taiwan is probably south east Asia according to your characterization.
Show threadPelerMeletusJul 15, 2023
Let me guess, an American?
Show threadbaseless_discourseJul 15, 2023
Chinese, but thanks for asking.
Show threadSpookyBogMonsterJul 15, 2023

What’s considered South Asia is there Indian subcontinent. So India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, The Maldives, and sometimes Afghanistan depending on who you ask.

The Himalayas separate South Asia from what’s broadly considered East Asia, which is what Taiwan is a part of, given its historic ties to China.

Show threadrandon31415Jul 15, 2023
If you want to make a conservative Chinese person’s head explode, congratulate them on being the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage. When they look at you confused and say that China didn’t, say, “Oh, I was under the impression that Taiwan was part of China.”