Thailand's king signs same-sex marriage into law
A huge step forward for the LGBTQ community.
After the parliament of Thailand passed a marriage equality bill back in June, the final step was Royal Assent.
That milestone has now been achieved, with Thailand's king signing the marriage equality bill into law.
The law will take effect from 22 January, 2025.
The new legislation changes references to “men”, “women”, “husbands” and “wives” to gender-neutral terms such as “spouse” and “person”. Couples will have equal access to marriage, as well as the same rights in areas including child adoption, healthcare consent, and inheritance.
Since taking office in September 2023, Prime Minister Sretta Thavisin has been vocal in his support for Marriage Equality. He has now delivered on the commitments he made to the LGBTQ community. Thailand already has laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis gender identity and sexual orientation.
Thailand has a population of over 70 million people. That means that around 2 million LGBTQ people have just benefited from these new marriage equality laws (assuming a guide of about 3% of people over the age of 16 identifying as queer).
This is a huge step forward for the LGBTQ community of Thailand, and also reinforce Thailand’s reputation as a queer-friendly tourism destination.
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