The pandemic forced the couple into a video call relationship, with Espera teaching his partner Tagalog and cooking as they tried various ways to be reunited. It was love at first sight,” he recalled. “He was a chef at the bed and breakfast place I was staying. We are not asking for anything extravagant, only this small right,” he told AFP.Ĭhuang met Espera, a cook, six years ago during a trip to the Philippines. “We are just two persons who love each other and who want to be with each other. Transnational gay couples in Taiwan seek marriage equality, as Covid-19 keeps many apart - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP Closeįor Chuang, a 36-year-old teacher, the enforced split from his Filipino partner Andrew Espera has been painful.
