Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage in 2019, making it the first Asian country to do so. Compared to other cross-national couples, Taiwan, with less of a language barrier, attracted more same-sex couples from China, who may have felt more repressed in their home country. After civil rights groups and same-sex couples filed lawsuits against the Taiwanese government, it finally opened a path to allow cross-strait same-sex couples to stay in Taiwan by recognizing their marriage approval in a third country. Light and Eason had to travel to Thailand, where same-sex marriage is legal, before moving together to Taiwan. Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage in 2019, becoming the first Asian country to do so.