For China's LGBTQ people, Taiwan's rainbow victory is a moment of joy and pain

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When Chinese gay rights activist Peng Yanhui heard that Taiwan had approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage on May 17 as he boarded a flight, he burst into tears of joy. He wasn't alone. The ruling provoked strong emotion among China's LGBTQ community

"I was crying so hard on the plane that flight attendants wanted to find out what had happened," said the director of the China Rainbow Media Awards, an LGBTQ rights advocacy group.Peng wasn't alone. The ruling provoked strong emotion among China's LGBTQ community.On Friday, as the first same-sex weddings take place in Taiwan, that group -- some of whom are just 100 kilometers away in mainland China -- will be watching with mixed feelings.

— 外交部 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC 🇹🇼 May 19, 2019 The tweet provoked fury in Taiwan's government, but it wasn't the only LGBTQ-friendly opinion published in English by Chinese state media. Global Times, a state-run tabloid known for its nationalistic rhetoric, posted a video Saturday showcasing and praising gay social life in Beijing.

 

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Shame,, shame, shame....you made sin seem so normal and rights.....Jesus reigns

End of the world is soon

What happen to the world ,what's wrong is considered right n what's right is considered wrong...human behaving worse then animals.....natural calamities r awaited for destroying nature...

I Like That Taiwan Can Make Some Laws On It's Own. Then I Want To Congratulate Same Sex Partnerships. As Long You Are HAPPY👍✌😉 .

What's wrong with people wanting to be happy?🤷🏽‍♂️

Very very bad... Its so really really hard for me to comprehend how people becomes this in life.

Two wasted products

Now watch the gov't shoot em! haha

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Judgement day awaits!!

ewww

This is incredible. I doubt if animals would do this: same sex marriage? The end of all things is here.

The most awful moment in life

نفس أردوغان خليفه الشواذ الذي يدعم المثليين ويؤيده الخرفان جماعه الاخوان المنافقه....

This is CNN's kind of story, bet Anderson Cooper loved it.

The liberal left news folks

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Awful, Horrible and disgusting

Love wins!

We need to make this the norm. To be honest i think that if you dont engage in at least 1 homo/pan/trans sexual relationship in your life you are probably holding onto deepseated bigotry

Stupid thing to post

Another stupid first ever story.

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