But in the 2019 election which returned Thailand to civilian rule, a new, youthful reformist party called Future Forward, which fully supported equal marriage, did unexpectedly well. They won the ...

While Thailand has long been known as LGBT-friendly, it also retains conservative social values and struggled to pass legislation recognizing same-sex marriage. Thai lawmakers finally passed a ...

The Public Health Ministry has earmarked funds to be used to provide gender-affirming health care to nearly 200,000 trans ...

In a significant boost to recognizing transgender people’s rights, the Thai government announced this week that it will ...

We’ve been together for 22 years. [I’ve wanted to get married] for a long time, but Thailand did not allow marriage for the LGBT community for such a long time. But now I feel so good and so ...

At the Siam Paragon mall in Bangkok, a mass wedding ceremony was held where over 1,700 same-sex couples tied the knot.

In 2024, Thailand legalized same-sex marriage, providing more equality for its LGBTQ residents and visitors. On January 23, 2025, the law went into effect and the country celebrated with a mass ...

Thailand’s Public Health Ministry has freed up millions ... The budget will aim to support around 200,000 transgender people, out of an estimated 314,000 trans people living in the country, as per ...

Elsewhere in Asia, only Nepal and Taiwan have legal same-sex marriages. Thailand on Thursday became the first country in Southeast Asia to hold legal same-sex weddings, with LGBT groups aiming to mark ...

Thailand is famously open to and accepting of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people "It has been a long fight full of tears for us." That is how Ann "Waaddao" Chumaporn describes the years that ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Thailand on Thursday, January 23, 2025, became the first country in Southeast Asia to hold legal same-sex weddings, with LGBT groups aiming to mark the occasion with more than ...