Watch: Thai couples say 'I do' as country legalises same-sex marriage
The BBC spoke to couples who married at a Bangkok mall to ask what the legalisation means to them.
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Thailand same-sex marriage law takes effect: "Every love is the same"
Hundreds of LGBTQ couples in Thailand get married as the country's landmark marriage equality law comes into effect.CBS News - 2h -
Happy couples mark landmark Thai law allowing same-sex unions
Thailand reached a major milestone on Thursday in becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to hold legal same-sex unions, with LGBT groups aiming to mark the occasion with more than a thousand ...NBC News - 4h -
Thailand Starts Recognizing Same-Sex Marriage
Hundreds of people began registering their marriages at a mall in Bangkok, as Thailand became one of the few places in Asia to legalize same-sex unions.The New York Times - 5h -
Thai LGBTQ+ couples register marriages as law gives them equal status
LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand have experienced a life-changing occasion, registering thir marriages legally on the first day a law took effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couplesABC News - 1h -
Celebration and a mass wedding in Thailand as same-sex marriage law takes effect
Hundreds of couples participated in a mass wedding in Bangkok on Thursday as Thailand’s law recognizing same-sex marriage came into effect.NBC News - 2h -
Couples wed in a riot of colour as Thailand legalises same-sex marriage
LGBT couples now have the same rights as any other couple - the culmination of a decades-long campaign.BBC News - 6h -
‘I am so proud’: Joy as Thailand’s same-sex couples can at last get married
Thailand’s marriage equality laws come into force on Thursday, with hundreds of couples set to tie the knot in mass weddings in Bangkok. Tawach Chaweewong gets goosebumps just thinking about his ...The Guardian - 14h -
Same-sex marriages will soon become legal in Thailand after historic law
Thailand will soon be the third place in Asia, after Taiwan and Nepal, to legalize same-sex marriage.NBC News - 2d -
Same-sex marriages will soon become legal in Thailand after historic law
It is a big day many in Thailand's LGBTQ+ community have long been waiting for, as couples celebrate a law giving them the same legal rights as married heterosexualsABC News - 2d
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