A: Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage on May 24, 2019, so this week marks the seventh anniversary of that milestone. By the end of 2024, a total of 32,126 LGBT couples had tied the knot.
B: How many of them got married to foreign partners?
A: In 2024, there were 504 cross-border same-sex marriages. By the end of that year, there were 130 cross-strait same-sex marriages between Taiwanese and Chinese — accounting for only about 0.4 percent of the total.
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B: I’ve heard that a seven-year marriage brings the “seven-year itch.” I bet some couples regret their decisions now.
A: In 2024, there were a total of 52,425 divorces domestically, but only 926 of those breakups involved same-sex couples. The divorce rate of homosexuals was much lower than that of heterosexuals.
A: 台灣2019年5月24日通過同婚合法化，週週即將慶祝七週年，截至2024年底共32,126人登記同婚！
B: 那和外籍伴侶結婚的多不多？
A: 2024年共504對跨國同婚；截至2024年底共130對兩岸同婚—只佔總數約0.4％。
B: 俗話說結婚七年常會發生「七年之癢」，同婚後應該也有人會後悔吧？
A: 2024年共52,425對配偶離婚，其中只有926對是同志，同性戀的離婚率還遠低於異性戀呢。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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