Since the Netherlands grew to become the primary nation to legalize same-sex unions in 2001, greater than 30 nations around the globe have legalized marriage for all.
Last yr, India’s prime court docket referred the difficulty again to parliament, whereas Hong Kong’s prime court docket stopped in need of granting full marriage rights.
LONG FIGHT
Thai activists have been preventing for the proper to same-sex marriage for greater than a decade, however in a rustic the place politics is usually upended by coups and mass road protests, their advocacy has been largely unsuccessful.
LGBTQ activists staged a drag present in Bangkok on Friday to have a good time the progress and present their pleasure over the regulation’s implementation.
Apiwat Apiwatsayree, a widely known determine in Thailand’s LGBTQ neighborhood, and his accomplice Sappanyoo Panatkool, who’ve been collectively for 17 years, are amongst these ready for the regulation to cross to allow them to lastly get married.
“We have been ready for a very long time,” Apiwat, 49, advised AFP on Friday.
“As quickly because it turns into regulation, we are going to register our marriage.”
The regulation was handed by parliament by former Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, who has been vocal in his help for the LGBTQ neighborhood.
Last yr, he made marriage equality a key situation and advised reporters that he believed the change would strengthen household buildings.
In August, Srettha was ousted from her put up following a court docket order in an ethics case and changed by Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of controversial former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
