Marriage Equality Act: Nationwide Implementation from January 23rd

[cjinchiangrai]

1 minute ago, Ben Zioner said:

to doom...

You don't have to marry anyone that you do not choose, so you are safe.

[Ben Zioner]

2 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said:

You don't have to marry anyone that you do not choose, so you are safe.

Nobody is safe while mankind is masturbating itself into oblivion.

[Celsius]

When are the encampment sites coming? Queers for Palestine protests? Open borders perhaps? If none of the above then no hub.

[cjinchiangrai]

22 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said:

Nobody is safe while mankind is masturbating itself into oblivion.

Well, maybe marriage will reduce masturbation

[Puccini]

22 hours ago, Foxx said:

...The British Embassy is refusing to issue the necessary paperwork for British citizens to register their marriage...

 

Paperwork to register the marriage where? At the embassy or at the he Thai district office (amphoe)?

[Foxx]

29 minutes ago, Puccini said:

 

Paperwork to register the marriage where? At the embassy or at the he Thai district office (amphoe)?

 

The British Embassy in Bangkok will not register marriages at all.  The paperwork is the "affirmation of freedom to marry" required to marry at a district office (after it's been translated into Thai and the translation has been affirmed by the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

[Puccini]

47 minutes ago, Foxx said:

...The paperwork is the "affirmation of freedom to marry" required to marry at a district office...

 

Are you saying that the British embassy no longer issues the "affirmation of freedom to marry"?

 

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/confirm-youre-free-to-get-married-in-thailand#check-eligibility-and-the-documents-you-need

[Foxx]

5 minutes ago, Puccini said:

 

Are you saying that the British embassy no longer issues the "affirmation of freedom to marry"?

 

It currently refuses to issue the affirmation for gay individuals.  It will issue it for straights.

[Puccini]

4 minutes ago, Foxx said:

 

It currently refuses to issue the affirmation for gay individuals.  It will issue it for straights.

 

The online application form does not mention "gay individuals". It asks "Is your partner of the opposite sex?" and if you check "Yes" it allows you to complete the application.

 

https://www.prove-eligibility-foreign-government.service.gov.uk/thailand/opposite-or-same-sex

[Foxx]

6 minutes ago, Puccini said:

 

The online application form does not mention "gay individuals". It asks "Is your partner of the opposite sex?" and if you check "Yes" it allows you to complete the application.

 

Irrelevant.  See https://www.gov.uk/guidance/confirm-youre-free-to-get-married-in-thailand#:~:text=Same sex marriages,outlines the procedures. which explicitly states that the Embassy in Bangkok will currently *not* provide the necessary documentation.  (I have also emailed them about this and they have confirmed they are refusing to facilitate provision of the affirmation.)
 

[arick]

On 1/4/2025 at 5:18 AM, arick said:

My village monk is still laughing and won't give me a lucky date. I will go ask him again this morning. 

 

[cr600john]

On 1/3/2025 at 1:28 PM, Foxx said:

 

Not true.  Only some.  The British Embassy is refusing to issue the necessary paperwork for British citizens to register their marriage.  It's currently unclear when they will do so.  It's an absolute disgrace.

 

It's not a disgrace; it's just how Thailand's not-so-helpful British Embassy works. We Brits are WARNED to follow the LAWS of the country they visit but B. Embassy Bangkok cannot follow. THAI LAWS.

[ikke1959]

On 1/3/2025 at 8:28 PM, connda said:

I want to see the first foreign man married to a Thai man register their marriage, claim the Thai man to be the "husband" and the foreign man the "wife" in the marriage, and demand the same considerations as foreign women who are married to a Thai men.

For you gay expats out there - here's your chance.  No more proving financial requirements, and after three years of marriage you can apply for Thai citizenship, just like the foreign wives of Thai men. 

Whose gonna be the first one up to give it a shot? 

 

You are well informed... The law is changed from man and wife into person.... No man and wife anymore... all the rest is the same

[Haddo]

The FCCT's Dateline Bangkok podcast has just released an episode that discusses this and other LGBTQ+ issues