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Thailand Has Three Paths to Recognizing Same-Sex Partnership


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Kerdchoke Kasamwongjit Photographer: Luke Duggleby/Bloomberg

By Randy Thanthong-Knight

• Country could be next in Asia to expand same-sex-union rights
• Thai laws could soon catch up to country’s liberal reputation

Thailand markets itself as a liberal destination for LGBTQ people and earns billions of tourist dollars from it, yet the nation still doesn’t recognize same-sex unions. That could change as soon as this year.

After nearly a decade, the country now has three potential paths toward recognizing same-sex partnerships, short of full marriage -- a same-sex-partnership bill that received the cabinet’s nod in 2020, a proposed legal amendment that would allow same-sex marriage and a court ruling in April on the constitutionality of denying same-sex couples the right to marry.

These signs point to Thailand becoming the next country in Asia to recognize gay partnerships, a significant move in a region that lags far behind Europe and the Americas in LGBTQ rights.

Full story: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-16/thailand-has-three-paths-to-recognizing-same-sex-partnerships

 

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the LOS system easily waysides the issue from a domestic perspective, saying it is only an introduced  foreigner thing anyway...

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Of course again this year.... or maybe next year or maybe the year after..... waiting waiting and waiting. There is not a lot of willingness to accept the same sex bill. It was approved and committee was set up to double or triple check everything and soon it would be sent to the parliament for approval. October, November, soon it will be sent for approval Before the end of the year it will be sent to the parliament, Now it is almost April, and still nothing. and after approval people have to wait another 4 months before it is published in the royal Gazette.. Yea.. I believe it will be soon   

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8 minutes ago, tominbkk said:

Muslims have too much say...won't happen.

Not sure about that ( and I am even surprised to hear that one) but, before pointing at lobbyist, I would consider the cultural environment and centuries of "let it be as long as you get married and give us grand children" stance

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16 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand markets itself as a liberal destination for LGBTQ people and earns billions of tourist dollars from it,

Yeah, we all know where to find 90% of them... only 10% get a fair crack at normal employment.

 

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14 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

It is a simple matter of equality and human rights.

 

Two things that are most un-equal in the land of smiles.

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