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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Pop-up marriage booths were set up in Bangkok and other Thai cities to handle the eager backlog of couples. The law is set to take effect on January 22, 2025, when activists say they will hold a ...

“In general on LGBTQIA issues, Thailand has been friendly and accepting ... provides few legal protections to transgender people. Three dozen countries legalized same-sex marriage before ...

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. The milestone sees Thailand become ...

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 ...