Thailand has officially legalized same-sex marriage, becoming the first Southeast Asian nation to do so after King Maha Vajiralongkorn approved the bill on 24 September 2024. The law, effective in 120 days, grants same-sex couples full legal rights, marking a significant milestone for LGBTQ+ rights in the region. [22]

Thailand has long had a reputation of tolerance when it comes to LGBTQ people; there are many LGBTQ nightclubs and bars in the country and the first Thai LGBTQ magazine, Mithuna, began publication in 1983.

Jan 23, 2025 · BANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand made Thursday a life-changing occasion, registering their marriages legally on the first day a law took effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples.. The enactment of the Marriage Equality Act makes Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia and the third place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, after Taiwan and Nepal.

Jan 23, 2025 · For all of Thailand's general tolerance of LGBT people, getting equal rights, including marriage, required a determined campaign to change attitudes in Thai officialdom and society. And attitudes ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Hundreds of same-sex couples are tying the knot across Thailand on Thursday as the country becomes the first in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality. The landmark bill marks a momentous ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Same-sex couples in Thailand are poised to celebrate a landmark achievement many decades in the making: the legal right to marry. On Thursday a marriage equality bill will become law, allowing members of the LGBTQ+ community in Thailand to get married and have the same legal rights as heterosexual couples. (AP video shot by: Tian Macleod Ji and ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Almost 2,000 same-sex and transgender couples married in Thailand on Thursday as the kingdom’s equal marriage law went into effect in a first for Southeast Asia. Thailand is by far the biggest nation in Asia to recognise equal marriage. More than 30 countries have legalised marriage for all since the Netherlands became the first to allow same ...

Jan 23, 2025 · LGBT couples now have the same rights as any other couple - the culmination of a decades-long campaign. ... Why Thailand became a haven for LGBT couples. 7 days ago. Asia. More. Just now.

Jan 23, 2025 · The enactment of the Marriage Equality Act makes Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia and the third place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, after Taiwan and Nepal January 23, 2025 e-Paper

Sep 25, 2024 · Thailand’s landmark marriage equality bill was officially written into law Tuesday, allowing same-sex couples to legally wed. The law was published in the Royal Gazette after endorsement by King...