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Starting 1 January 2023, the legal age of adulthood was lowered from 20 to 18 years; in the same amendment, the marriageable age was also increased to 18 years in order to be consistent with the legal age of adulthood. Therefore the case of marriage with parental consent no longer exists. [202] [203] Tajikistan: 18: 17 – [204] Thailand: 20: ...
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.
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.
Under the marriage legislation passed by Thailand’s parliament and endorsed by the king last year, same-sex couples can now register their marriages with full legal, financial, and medical ...
Hundreds of LGBT+ couples in Thailand began making their wedded status legal Thursday, 23 January, the first day a law took effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples. The ...
When Thailand's long-awaited equal marriage law came into effect on Thursday, police officer Pisit "Kew" Sirihirunchai hoped to be among the first in line to marry his long-term partner Chanatip ...
The marriage equality bill, which sailed through both the House of Representatives and the Senate, amended the Civil and Commercial Code to change the words “men and women” and “husband and wife” to “individuals” and “marriage partners.” It would open up access to full legal, financial and medical rights for LGBTQ+ couples.
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.