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A gay rights activist holds a placard during a rally supporting same-sex marriage, in Sydney, Australia, May 31, 2015.

Think young Australians will ignore a nonbinding mail-in vote on marriage equality? Think again.

Instead of a binding referendum or a vote in Parliament, Australia is holding a nonbinding, voluntary, postal plebiscite to determine whether Australians support same-sex marriage legalization. For many young Australians, who support marriage equality by large margins, a vote that seems designed to limit their participation is having the opposite effect.

Think young Australians will ignore a nonbinding mail-in vote on marriage equality? Think again.
You Ya-ting, left, and Huang Mei-yu cast their stamps during their symbolic same-sex Buddhist wedding ceremony at a temple in Taoyuan county, northern Taiwan, on Aug. 11, 2012.

Many in Taiwan aim to make it the first Asian country with same-sex marriage

Many in Taiwan aim to make it the first Asian country with same-sex marriage
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I know you voted for Trump for a better future. But please don’t forget my future.

I know you voted for Trump for a better future. But please don’t forget my future.
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After a well-known artist's tragic death, Taiwan's LGBT community demands marriage equality

After a well-known artist's tragic death, Taiwan's LGBT community demands marriage equality
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Puerto Rico celebrates its first same-sex weddings

Puerto Rico celebrates its first same-sex weddings
Gay rights supporters celebrate outside the Supreme Court building in Washington on June 26, 2015. The court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution's guarantees of due process and equal protection under the law mean that states cannot ban same-sex marriages.

This Supreme Court ruling was all about religion

In its ruling on same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court tries to strike a balance between marriage equality and opposition to gay marriage from people of faith.

This Supreme Court ruling was all about religion