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Thailand has long been known as a haven for LGBTQ+ communities. It is only the third place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, behind Taiwan in 2019 and Nepal in 2023. Meet the first couples to ...
Thailand is the third in Asia to recognize same-sex marriage after Taiwan in 2019 and Nepal four years later. A gay couple makes a toast during a mass wedding banquet in front of the Presidential ...
To mark the new law, Thailand’s prime minister hosted a photo shoot last week with dozens of couples preparing to marry. “23 Jan 2025 will be the day that we all record history together, that ...
A 2025 study commissioned by travel company Agoda projected that the Marriage Equality Act will create 152,000 full-time jobs and increase Thailand's GDP by 0.3%. [15] The law is projected to attract an additional 4 million tourists annually and generate approximately $2 billion in revenue.
A sign reading "สมรสเท่าเทียม" (Thai for "equal marriage"; a recurring slogan calling for same-sex marriage legalisation in Thailand) at Bangkok Pride, 2022. Thai opinion polls have consistently favoured legal recognition of same-sex marriages.
On 18 June 2024, Thailand passed the same-sex marriage bill with the approval of 130 of the 152 members of the Senate in attendance, with 4 voting against it and 18 abstaining. Thailand was the first Asian UN member state to approve a comprehensive same-sex marriage law, as well as the first in Southeast Asia and the 37th in the world.
Thailand’s landmark marriage equality bill has been endorsed by the monarchy, making it the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize same-sex marriage. Thailand legalizes same-sex marriage ...
More than a thousand LGBTQ couples across Thailand will marry as same-sex unions become legal. One of today's biggest events is happening at a luxury mall in central Bangkok, where more than 100 ...