The Kiss - Queen Elizabeth & Tsai Ing Wen
100 x 100 x 4cm
Stencil spray paint on canvas
2022
Unique canvas
On May 17, 2019, in Taiwan the Democratic Progressive Party-led Legislative Yuan passed same-sex marriage legislation, signed by President Tsai Ing-wen five days later, making Taiwan the first country in Asia to have marriage equality.
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