TAIPEI: Taiwan made history on Friday with Asia’s first legal gay weddings, as around 300 same-sex couples are set to tie the knot until Sunday in jubilant and emotional scenes, the culmination of a three-decade fight for equality.

The weddings, which came a week after lawmakers took the unprecedented decision to legalize gay marriage despite staunch conservative opposition, places Taiwan at the vanguard of the burgeoning gay rights movement in Asia.