Taiwan legalizes adoption for same-sex couples.

Taiwan's legislature has passed a bill granting same-sex couples the right to jointly adopt a child neither of them are related to, clearing one of the final hurdles in achieving full marriage equality. Taiwan became the first jurisdiction in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage in 2019 but stopped short of granting fully equal rights of adoption to same-sex couples. The legal change has come amid growing awareness in Taiwan about what it still takes to achieve full marriage equality, even though same-sex marriage had been legalized four years ago.