{"id":327577,"date":"2024-06-18T10:53:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T09:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=327577"},"modified":"2024-06-18T10:53:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T09:53:39","slug":"thailand-approves-same-sex-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/06\/18\/thailand-approves-same-sex-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand approves same-sex marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>The Senate upper house gave final approval \u2014 by 130 votes to four, with 18 abstentions \u2014 to changes to the marriage law allowing same-sex couples to tie the knot<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thailand on Tuesday became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, in a historic parliamentary vote hailed as a \u201cvictory\u201d by campaigners.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate upper house gave final approval \u2014 by 130 votes to four, with 18 abstentions \u2014 to changes to the marriage law allowing same-sex couples to tie the knot.<\/p>\n<p>The new legislation will now go to King Maha Vajiralongkorn for royal assent and come into force 120 days after publication in the official Royal Gazette.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand will become only the third place in Asia where same-sex couples can get hitched, after Taiwan and Nepal, and activists are hoping the first weddings could be celebrated as early as October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very proud of everyone involved in this historic moment. You have helped to bring about a massive change,\u201d Plaifah Kyoka Shodladd, an LGBTQ activist and member of the committee that scrutinised the law, told senators after the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday love wins over prejudice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the vote, Tunyawaj Kamolwongwat, an MP with the progressive Move Forward Party, said the change in the law was \u201ca victory for the people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The new legislation changes references to \u201cmen\u201d, \u201cwomen\u201d, \u201chusbands\u201d and \u201cwives\u201d in marriage laws to gender-neutral terms.<\/p>\n<p>It also gives same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual ones when it comes to adoption and inheritance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy partner has one boy and I want to have legal rights to formally adopt him as my child and to have a say about his well-being. This bill will allow it,\u201d Kevin Pehthai Thanomkhet, 30, told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, who has been vocal in his support for the LGBTQ community and the bill, will open his official residence to activists and supporters for celebrations later.<\/p>\n<p>Activists also plan an evening rally featuring a drag show in central Bangkok, where giant shopping malls have been flying the rainbow flag in a show of support since the start of Pride Month in June.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand has long enjoyed a reputation for tolerance of the LGBTQ community, and opinion polls reported in local media show overwhelming public support for equal marriage.<\/p>\n<p>More than 30 countries around the world have legalised marriage for all since the Netherlands became the first to celebrate same-sex unions in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>But in Asia, only Taiwan and Nepal recognise marriage equality. India came close in October, but the Supreme Court referred the decision back to parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so happy to see how far we have come,\u201d said Chotika Hlengpeng, a participant in the Pride march that drew thousands of enthusiasts in Bangkok early in June.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s vote is the culmination of years of campaigning and thwarted attempts to pass equal marriage laws.<\/p>\n<p>While the move enjoys popular support, much of Buddhist-majority Thailand still retains traditional and conservative values.<\/p>\n<p>LGBTQ people, while highly visible, say they still face barriers and discrimination in everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>Some activists have criticised the new laws for failing to recognise transgender and non-binary people, who will still not be allowed to change their gender on official identity documents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate upper house gave final approval \u2014 by 130 votes to four, with 18 abstentions \u2014 to changes to the marriage law allowing same-sex couples to tie the knot Thailand on Tuesday became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, in a historic parliamentary vote hailed as a \u201cvictory\u201d by campaigners. 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