【20120727-LGBT family】The Fan Page for the Newlyweds

~The Buddhist Wedding of Fish Huang and Ya-Ting Yu~

~Welcome to Leave Your Blessings For Them~

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It is a fan page launched by Taiwan LGBT Family Rights Advocacy, the non-governmental organization which devotes to the pursuits of reproductive, parenting, and partnership rights of LGBT in Taiwan. We wish sincerely to have your blessings here for the first ever public same-sex marriage with Buddhist theme between Fish Huang and Yu Ya-ting, both members of Taiwan LGBT Family Rights Advocacy, who have hoped, by opening their marriage to the general public, to push for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Taiwan and to generate some peaceful and sturdy belief among people.

[20120711-法新社（AFP)] Taiwan to stage first same-sex Buddhist wedding

Taiwan to stage first same-sex Buddhist wedding

AFP July 11, 2012, 4:52 pm

TAIPEI (AFP) - Two women plan to tie the knot next month in Taiwan's first same-sex Buddhist wedding, as gay and lesbian groups push to make the island the first society in Asia to legalise gay marriage

Fish Huang and her partner You Ya-ting, both 30, will receive their blessings from Master Shih Chao-hui at a Buddhist monastery in north Taiwan's Taoyuan county on August 11.

"We decided to get married last year," Huang told AFP Wednesday. "After being together for six years, we feel we need to make a life-long commitment to each other."

[20120709-HuffPost] First Gay Buddhist Wedding In Taiwan

First Gay Buddhist Wedding In Taiwan

Posted: 07/09/2012 3:20 pm

Lesbian Buddhist couple will marry for the first time in Taiwan in a traditional Buddhist temple.

A devoutly Buddhist, lesbian couple will officially wed next month in Taiwan reports the Taipei Times.

[20120707-CNA] Lesbians to hold first Buddhist wedding in Taiwan next month

中央通訊社(CNA) 記者Nancy Liu

Taipei, July 7 (CNA) Two devout Buddhist women will hold the first Buddhist wedding for gay couples next month as part of an effort to push for the legalization of same-sex marriages in Taiwan.