Thailand’s king has signed a marriage equality bill into law, making the country the first in South East Asia to recognise same-sex unions

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn03we6zpk1o

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  1. This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn03we6zpk1o) reduced by 77%. (I’m a bot)
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    > Thailand's king has signed a marriage equality bill into law, making the country the first in South East Asia to recognise same-sex unions.

    > "Equity and equality have become concrete in the Thai society. Gender diversity will eventually be fully accepted. Congratulations," he wrote on X. When the law comes into effect, Thailand will become only the third place in Asia, after Taiwan and Nepal, where same-sex couples can get married.

    > Singapore scrapped a colonial-era law that banned gay sex in 2022, but also amended its constitution to prevent the courts from challenging the definition of marriage as one between a man and a woman.

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  2. Great! But it wasn’t surprising with what the king was wearing and how he was behaving from the past.

  3. Humble-Reply228 on

    eh, Thailand and Buddhists in general were waaaay ahead of most western countries on not giving a fuck about how other people live.