ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the dynamics between the pro-LGBTQ and conservative camps in Taiwan's politics. It explains why the Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. 748 was implemented by enacting a special law rather than letting same-sex couples be protected via the norm of marriage as defined in the Civil Code. It further examines how religious organisations reiterated family values and utilised the language of rights to mobilise non-religious groups to vote in line with their claims. This chapter starts with a theoretical discussion on same-sex marriage (SSM) and social movements, followed by an overview of the movements against gender equality and marriage equality before 2019. Empirically, the chapter analyses the anti-SSM mobilisation and how conservative forces allied against the Tsai government and, at the same time, presented themselves as the guardians of marriage, family values and the rights of children.
