The landmark enactment makes Thailand the first in Southeast Asia and third in Asia (after Taiwan and Nepal) to legalize same-sex marriages.

They have been in a committed relationship for more than 13 years, and even had a wedding in 2019. Since then, Danaya Phonphayung and Sunma

The Nepali Embassy in Bangkok has urged Nepalis to avoid traveling to countries including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand. Kathmandu, Jan 18: The Nepali Embassy in Bangkok has urged Nepalis to avoid traveling to countries including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand.

Thailand on Thursday became the first country in Southeast Asia to hold legal same-sex weddings, with LGBT groups aiming to mark the occasion with more than 1,000 marriage registrations in a single day.

They’ve waited six years to call themselves a “family.” Pehthai Thanomkhet and Nathnicha Klinthaworn finally did on Thursday when Thailand’s law on same-sex marriage came into effect and they got formally married at a mass wedding event in Bangkok.

Tommy Walker speaks to LGBT+ couples in Bangkok – many who have been together for decades – as the country’s historic marriage equality law comes into force

A high-profile gay couple married in Thailand on Thursday as the kingdom’s same-sex marriage law went into effect, an AFP journalist saw, among

The breakthrough came in March 2024, when Parliament approved the equal marriage law with overwhelming support – 400 votes in favor, two abstentions and three no-shows. The Senate followed in June with 130 supporting votes, leading to the law’s enactment in September.

Thailand made history by legalizing same-sex marriage, becoming the first Southeast Asian nation and the third in Asia, following Taiwan and Nepal, to do so.

“Equal marriage has truly become possible with the power of all,” said former Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, who was on hand for the mass wedding and was premier when the landmark legislation passed last year. 1,832 couples across the country registered marriages under the new law Thursday, according to the Thai Interior Ministry.

Thailand’s marriage equality law is set to take effect on Jan. 22. The country will become the first one in Southeast Asia — and the third in the continent after Taiwan and Nepal — to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. Thai MPs passed the marriage equality bill on June 15, 2024, by a 210-180 vote margin. Four lawmakers abstained.