Thai Parliament Set to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage By Year’s End, Official Says

Thai Parliament Set to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage By Year’s End, Official Says

Thailand’s plan to legalize same-sex marriage will take another step toward realization sometime later this year, with the country’s lawmakers set to approve a draft bill next week. On Thursday of last week, Bloomberg reported, a committee set up by the House of Representatives approved a draft amendment to the country’s Civil and Commercial Code … Read more

Thailand Takes Another Step Toward Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage

In First, Nepal’s Supreme Court Allows Registration of Same-Sex Marriages

Yesterday, Thai lawmakers resoundingly passed a package of four draft laws on same-sex marriage, moving the country a step closer to becoming Southeast Asia’s first nation to enshrine such unions in law. According to the Bangkok Post, the draft legislation received nearly unanimous support in the lower house of Parliament and was approved by an … Read more

Thai Cabinet Approves Draft Law on Marriage Equality

Thai Cabinet Approves Draft Law on Marriage Equality

Thailand’s Cabinet has approved a draft law on marriage equality and that will be brought to parliament during a session starting next month, Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said yesterday. Srettha told reporters that the draft law is expected to be proposed to Parliament on December 12. Karom Polpornklang, a deputy government spokesperson, elaborated on … Read more