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I saw on another forum a guy from the UK asking if Thailand has legal same sex marriage to be recognised in the UK or Australia

I can only find news articles from December 2023 saying they are considering it .

Anyone here in the ground running know 

So if you were to bring back a Thai same sex partners to the UK or Australia what South East Asia country can you marry in that is legallly recognised marriage 

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If I understand your question correctly, you are asking where Thai same-sex partners can marry nearest to Thailand. While legal in most of the Western Hemisphere, Europe, and Australia/New Zealand, there is so far only one country in Asia (Taiwan) and one country in Africa (South Africa) which allow same-sex marriage. You can find more information on Wikipedia. My understanding is that in Asia, Japan and Cambodia are the most likely to legalize same-sex marriage next.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage

Countries in dark blue have full same-sex marriage on an equivalent basis to gender-divergent marriage:

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Among those countries which do not require visas for Thai citizens (in green), it looks as though the main choices are Taiwan, South Africa, or various South American countries. If a Thai person were to marry a citizen of one of the dark blue countries above, in most cases he'd be allowed to live there permanently, and eventually become a citizen if he stayed clean of the law.

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If a Thai person were to marry a citizen of the US, EU, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, he would carry two passports which would be very powerful indeed, since he could visit almost every country without a visa, with the exception of some truly weird ones one would never want to visit anyway, such as Venezuela, Algeria, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan, and the Central African Empire (I mean Republic 😉).

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Thankyou but it seems Thailand this year hopefully will legalise same sex marriage! 

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15 minutes ago, vinapu said:

You can't get Bokassa off your head ?

I always thought that he was the most ridiculous figure ever in the history of the planet. And the name of the 2nd largest city also cracks me up: Bimbo. I suspect it's a country I'll never visit. Of the countries I wouldn't visit today, but would like to someday if the political climate improves, I'd probably like to see Iran, Burma, and Yemen's Socotra Island the most. 

Central African Republic Maps & Facts - World Atlas

Central African Republic – Mammal Watching

I'd rather see Socotra Island:

Travel to Socotra - Everything You Ought to Know

 

How to travel to Socotra - Untamed Borders - Adventure travel

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6 hours ago, unicorn said:

I can only wonder if a visit to Yemen will be possible during my lifetime...

 

visit is always possible , only we are not brave enough to go and rightly so. 

View on 2nd picture is similar to one on reverse of the 100 rials Yemeni note 

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