2025-01-24
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After years of campaigning, couples across Thailand celebrated yesterday as the introduction of marriage equality allowed their relationship relationships to be enshrined in law.
The legislation takes effect as political change in the Southeast Asian nation is still gaining momentum, despite a return to democracy fuelled by the most notable popular protests in recent memory.
The party which galvanised them has been blocked from forming a government, but strong public backing saw marriage equality adopted by the ruling party anyway.
So in a society where the conservative establishment and royalist military still wield significant power, is this law an outlier or a precursor to more widespread reform?
And as Thailand becomes the biggest country in Asia to legalise same sex marriage, what does the picture look like throughout the rest of the region?
So when Thailand's long awaited Equal Marriage Law came into effect, about 100 couples went to one of Bangkok's grandest shopping malls to celebrate this legal milestone.
And among them was Raya and her wife.
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