After months of anticipation,Watch I was dragged into prison by my ex protests, and campaigns, Taiwan made history on Wednesday as the first country in Asia to recognise same-sex marriage.
The ruling panel, made of 14 judges, has ruled that it is unconstitutional to ban same-sex couples from getting married.
SEE ALSO: Taiwan is one step closer to legalizing same-sex marriageTaiwan's government has two years to implement the ruling, failing which same-sex marriages will be allowed to registered anyway.
People from all across the region took to Twitter in celebration.
1st in ASIA!!! Congratulations Taiwan for winning #MarriageEquality! #LoveWins! Let the proposals begin! #LoveIsLove 🇹🇼👩❤️👩💑👨❤️👨 pic.twitter.com/30aV8ZyQ1B
— Benjamin Xue (@switchboxben) May 24, 2017
Happy, moved crowd after today's #marriageequality decision in Taiwan.#gaymarriage #婚姻平權 pic.twitter.com/A51l4grlGN
— Klaus Bardenhagen (@taiwanreporter) May 24, 2017
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I am shaken. This news impacts me personally. Thank you Taiwan. Thank you for not erasing us. #WeAreOne #婚姻平權 #點亮台灣 #marriagequality
— Kyle Malinda-White (@kylemalinda) May 24, 2017
And outside Taipei's parliament, the celebrations continued.
Efforts to legalise gay marriage in Taiwan quickly gained momentum after President Tsai Ing-wen, who openly supported marriage equality, came to power last May.
Pro-gay marriage rallies took place in the many weeks leading up to the court ruling, with similar gatherings by those who were against same-sex unions.
The landmark case was brought forward by equal rights activist Chi Chia-wei, after the government rejected his and his long-time partner's application to get married in 2013.
He had told news agency AFP that he was "100% confident" that the ruling would go in his favour.
"Taiwan has become a sophisticated society. Our marriage system and regulations should also evolve with time," he said.
No other region in Asia has yet to legalise same-sex marriage.
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