Supporters of LGBT rights are making a final push in the U.S. to raise funds for marriage-equality organizations in Taiwan that hope to sway how Taiwanese vote on a series of same-sex marriage referendums in late November.
Freedom To Marry Global, a campaign that helped win marriage equality in the U.S., and Marriage Equality Coalition Taiwan were among the groups that co-hosted a fundraiser Friday night at The Stonewall Inn in Manhattan, a fixture in LGBT history.
The event netted at least $6,700, exceeding the goal of $5,000, which Freedom To Marry Global agreed to match, according to Cameron Tolle, an advisor with the group.
That means around $12,000 will be sent to marriage-equality groups in Taiwan to help fund ads and other get-out-the-vote efforts in the final weeks leading up to a Nov. 24 ballot referendum — the results of which could affect whether Taiwan's government seeks full-marriage equality or limited civil partnership. Read more via NBC