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Hundreds of Same-Sex Couples Tie The Knot in Taiwan After Law Passes
Two same-sex couples complete their marriage registrations in Taiwan, May 24, 2019~RFA
Same-sex couples lined up on Friday in Taiwan to register their partnerships after the passage last week of a landmark law enabling marriages between two people of any gender.
By 10:00 p.m. local time, 526 same-sex couples had completed registration procedures across the whole island, 341 of which were women, the island’s ministry of the interior said.
Nearly 100 marriages were registered in the island’s capital alone, it said.
First to register at Taipei’s Xinyi Rd. registry office, where city authorities put out drapes, rainbow balloons and bunting on the street outside, were Hsiao Hsuan and Hsiao Ming.
“It has been a long, hard road for us comrades,” Hsiao Hsuan said, using the Chinese slang term for the LGBTIQ+ community.
“I feel very fortunate to have had the support of my friends, family and other half,” he said. “The first time I went on a gay pride march, I waved the rainbow flag with a lot of passion, but I hid it away on the way back home afterwards because I daren’t take it out.”
“But today, I can say openly in front of all these people that we are comrades and we are going to get married,” he said. “I feel very fortunate, and proud of my country.”
Chen Hsue and her partner were also among the happy couples to tie the knot in Taipei.
“It took us three minutes to complete the registration, and yet it took us, all of the comrade organizations, 10 years to get to this point,” Chen told RFA. “That feeling struck me very strongly.”
“I wish to extend my heartfelt thanks to Taiwan for being such an open-minded and progressive society,” she said. “Marriage for comrades is only the first step, and I would hope to see even greater social acceptance for comrades in the future as a result of the marriage [equality] law.”
We are just regular people who want to integrate into Taiwanese society. Taiwan is a very, very progressive country,” she said. “I love Taiwan.”
Chen Ching-hsue said he cried when he saw his new husband’s name on his ID document under “Spouse.”
“When I saw A Wei’s name in the column titled ‘spouse’ I cried right there, I was so happy to have gotten this far,” he said.
‘Best result we could get’
Marriage equality campaiganer Lu Hsin-chieh said that the law wasn’t exactly what they had campaigned for, but that it had been passed in order to comply with an interpretation of the constitution by Taiwan’s highest court two years earlier.
“This special law was the best result we could get at this stage,” Lu said, referring to a referendum last November that voted down marriage equality, a key part of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) President Tsai Ing-wen’s 2016 campaign platform.
“The whole community of comrades understand this very well, so today everyone is very happy to be able to get married,” Lu said. “I hope that once they have done so … we will continue to work together in the future.”
Lu said Taiwan could also lead the way for other countries in the region.
“We certainly hope that Taiwan’s experience will speak to all Asian countries, because many people say that comrade culture and traditional Asian culture are mutually exclusive; that they do not blend well together,” Lu said.
“But I think Taiwan is a good example of how they can find ways to co-exist. This is very important.”
‘Our family is complete’
Meanwhile, lesbian couple Chen Fan and Mu Te-tou said they were happy to formalize their union after having children together.
“The eldest was there through all of the medical treatment, the injections, the medications, the doctor’s appointments [for the younger kids],” Mu said. “They all know that they came from artificial insemination, and that we bought the sperm.”
“I’m Daddy,” she said.
Chen Fan said: “Our family is complete now; we have everything now … we take them to see their grandparents, and it’s just like any other family.”
Among the older couples getting wed on Friday were 76-year-old A Hsiang and 58-year-old Wang Tien-ming.
“Gay people have been misunderstood for so long, and there’s too much hate in the opposing camp … [who say] that we have sex like animals and why don’t we care about love,” A Hsiang said. “But feelings should come first, then desire.”
Wang Tien-ming said marriage equality means for him being treated the same as heterosexuals.
“We haven’t asked for much over these years of campaigning for marriage equality,” he said. “We just want to be enjoy the freedom to marry, like everybody else.”
Reported by Chung Kuang-cheng for RFA’s Cantonese Service, and by Hsia Hsiao-hwa for the Mandarin Service. Translated and edited by Luisetta Mudie.
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How to identify Fake News or Messages on Social Media
Beware of Fake News and Fake Messages on Social Media
Always follow websites or social media platforms of traditional media outlets whether newspapers, magazines,Television News Channels or Radio Stations and authentic online only media outlets.They still maintain journalism excellence and stress on reportorial talent.On the other hand, fake news websites run by people with non journalism background and promote their own ideology with fake news and disinformations and obviously conspiracy theories.
But unfortunately mainstream media also manipulates news to establish their story angle.There were various instances when News papers and TV Channels promoted fake news/conspiracy theories in the form of out of context or manipulated pictures/videos and distorted informations.
Always check the URL of any website.Some fake news websites look like the orginal and popular one the same layout,Logo but if you check the URL you may find extra words like if the orginal website's URL is www.xxx.com the duplicate one might be www.xxx.com.co or something like that so first check the URL for authentic informations.
Check whether photos are original or photoshopped.Check Google images for authenticity.You can find help from Google Reverse Images search.
Check the news sources from other websites whether they picked up the story or not.
Whether the website layout is little bit clumsy and obviously grammatical mistakes and spelling mistakes and excessive use of Sex related and sensational and hate stories.Because sex and hate sells.
Follow official websites relating to COVID-19
WHO Clarifies the disinformation about the virus:
COVID-19 virus can be transmitted in areas with hot and humid climates
Cold Weather and Snow can not kill the new coronavirus
Taking a Hot Bath Does Not Prevent COVID-19
COVID-19 Can not be transmitted through mosquito bites
Spraying alcohol or chlorine all over your body will not kill viruses that have already entered your body. Spraying such substances can be harmful to clothes or mucous membranes (i.e. eyes, mouth)
According to World Health Organization (WHO): Regularly and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water
Maintain at least 1 metre (3 feet) distance between yourself and anyone who is coughing or sneezing.
Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth . If you have fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical care early.
Stay at home if you begin to feel unwell, even with mild symptoms such as headache and slight runny nose, until you recover.
Follow WHO guidelines
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When you follow COVID-19 related news and messages from social media then check and recheck it before consuming it.Follow journalism mantra: if your mother says she loves you, check it out.
Most of the messages or informations quote different organizations like WHO, UNICEF, UNDP,Cambridge University or other well known institutes,organizations or individual to authenticate the messeges.Check official websites of these organizations if stories are repeated there
Forwarding messages from unknown sources or little known sources, it would be better to ignore it.
Check whether any logo like UNICEF or WHO or other organizations used in the messages which look similar to original logo.
These type of messages are full of Grammatical mistakes and spelling mistakes which are quite uncommon in original messages.
Don't rely on viral social media messages such as Coronavirus Infected Indian Currencies of Rs.500 and Rs.2,000 Notes Found, Muslim Man Spit in Food At Indian Restaurant.....Always Check Authentic Sources.
Some fake messages pretend to be real one like unofficial Twitter handle of international media organizations like BBC,CNN,Washinton Post, New York Times-check the official Twitter handles of media outlets.
You can identify fake messages if the message requests you to share it.
Beware of Fake News or Fake Photos/Videos Relating to Communal Hatred
Always check the fact checking sites if you have some doubts about the authenticity of any information or picture.
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www.altnews.in
https://check4spam.com
https://smhoaxslayer.com
www.factchecker.in
www.allsides.com
www.factcheck.org
www.newsbusters.org
www.politifact.com
www.snopes.com
www.propublica.org
The Same Method Applies to You Tube Videos Check the Source the credibility of the Source.To Check Fake You Tube Videos Check and Recheck the sources. Does the person have the legal right to the video posted? Did that person capture the video? Whether it has been altered?
But due to advancement of technology we can not really wipe out fake news.According to experts advent of Artificial Intelligence(AI) some companies small or big one developing technologies that can lay digitally created script to anybody's voice even words,sentences never said by the person.Even they a.re developing a technology which can create fake video footage,images,audios like originals.So be cautious! Rumour-mongers are active everywhere whether in physical world or cyber world.
Without evidence or with fake evidence, a conspiracy theory will always remain a conspiracy theory.
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