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Same sex marriages in Thailand

November 28 , 2023 363 days 456 0
  • Thailand’s Cabinet approved an amendment to its civil code to allow same-sex marriage.
  • The law would guarantee the right to form a family in a relationship between same-sex couples.
  • Their next step would be an amendment to the pension fund law to recognize same-sex couples as well.
  • Private, adult, consensual, and non-commercial gay sex was decriminalized in Thailand in 1956 itself.
  • Bangkok was named the second-most gay-friendly city in Asia in 2017.
  • Other Asian countries that legalized same-sex marriages were Taiwan and Nepal.

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