Resilience and Love from Two Fathers

  Same-sex couple Wei Wei and Miao Miao can now proudly say they are a family of three. The Kaohsiung couple is the first same-sex couple in Asia to have adopted a child that is not a blood relative.

  Wei Wei and Miao Miao have known each other since university and have been in a long-distance relationship for almost twenty years. They had always dreamed of having children and raising a family together. 
  In 2016, Wei Wei and Miao Miao applied for adoption at the Child Welfare League Foundation（兒福聯盟）. In 2019, Taiwan became the first country in Asia to pass same-sex marriage. However, it did not allow same-sex couples to adopt at that time. Since Wei Wei and Miao Miao were in a spousal relationship, only one could legally register Rou Rou as their adopted daughter.
  In 2020, Miao Miao and Wei Wei sought assistance and advocacy from Taiwan Tongzhi (LGBTQ+) Hotline Association（台灣同志諮詢熱線協會）, Taiwan LGBT Family Rights Advocacy（台灣同志家庭權益促進會）, and Taiwan Equality Campaign（台灣彩虹平權大平台協會）to have the laws rectified. Finally, in early 2022, Taiwan Kaohsiung Juvenile and Family Court（臺灣高雄少年及家事法院）approved Miao Miao's adoption application, officially making him Rou Rou's legal father. 

  Miao Miao said, "When I got parental rights, I distributed Han Pastries in the school where I taught. I had colleagues from different departments calling to congratulate me. The warmth and support I received from family and friends in Kaohsiung made us feel greater acceptance towards same-sex families."
  Miao Miao and Wei Wei enjoy participating in family activities with their daughter. They go to indoor parent-child play centers and enjoy swimming at sports centers. They also enjoy participating in events at the Love River Bay and strolling along Caogong Canal （曹公圳）. Sometimes they go to Cijin Island, where they enjoy the scenery and spend time on the beach.
  "I believe the nature of our family is the bond that ties us together. We always put our family first; our home is where we find companionship," says Wei Wei. Wei Wei and Miao Miao's family transcends blood relations with love. They have created a home and are now raising a family.

看見最美的彩虹 兩個爸爸守護愛的力量

　　住在高雄的圍圍、喵喵與女兒肉肉組成三口之家，是由兩個爸爸組成的同志家庭，兩人都是肉肉的父親，像這樣無血緣的同志收養家庭，圍圍與喵喵在高雄寫下亞洲第一對同志雙親無血緣收養的案例。

 　　自大學相識，愛情長跑近20年，圍圍與喵喵把養育子女、共築家庭當作他們長久以來的夢想。

 　　圍圍與喵喵在2016年向兒福聯盟，申請收養媒合，成功收養肉肉是夢想第一步。2019年同性婚姻專法通過，臺灣成為亞洲第一個通過同性婚姻的國家，但既有法規並未接受同性配偶共同收養，圍圍與喵喵是配偶關係，只能由其中一人將女兒肉肉登記為養女。2020年，喵喵與圍圍在台灣同志諮詢熱線協會、台灣同志家庭權益促進會、台灣彩虹平權大平台協會的協助下爭取司法救濟、公開倡議，終於在2022年初，臺灣高雄少年及家事法院裁定許可喵喵的收養聲請，使喵喵正式成為女兒肉肉法律上的另一個爸爸。

　　喵喵說：「拿到親權時，我在任教學校發大餅，其他處室的老師特地致電恭喜。」親友的溫暖守護，讓兩人感受高雄對同志家庭的友善氛圍。

 

　　喵喵與圍圍帶著肉肉參與豐富的家庭活動，一家人到室內親子遊樂場玩耍，到運動中心游泳，在愛河灣參加活動，到曹公圳散步，或到旗津玩沙看海。

　　 「我覺得家庭的本質是羈絆，想什麼事情會先想到家人，而家就是一個永遠可以回來和給予陪伴的地方。」圍圍如此說。圍圍和喵喵用愛超越血緣，屋簷下的彼此就是一家人。

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