Taiwan had nearly 3,000 same-sex weddings in first year.

Supporters of same-sex marriage in Taiwan celebrate outside the parliament in Taipei on May 17, 2019. (Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty)

Typically drab and droll household registration offices across Taiwan exploded with colour after the courts legalised marriage equality, paving the way for nearly 3,000 same-sex weddings in a single year.

One couple after another embraced their new legal right to register their…