Olddaddy Posted March 11 Posted March 11 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 Quote
Members unicorn Posted March 11 Members Posted March 11 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: 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. 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 😉). Marc in Calif, Olddaddy and vinapu 2 1 Quote
Olddaddy Posted March 11 Author Posted March 11 Thankyou but it seems Thailand this year hopefully will legalise same sex marriage! unicorn 1 Quote
vinapu Posted March 12 Posted March 12 18 hours ago, unicorn said: and the Central African Empire (I mean Republic 😉). You can't get Bokassa off your head ? unicorn 1 Quote
Members unicorn Posted March 12 Members Posted March 12 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. I'd rather see Socotra Island: Quote
vinapu Posted March 12 Posted March 12 15 minutes ago, unicorn said: I'd probably like to see Iran, Burma, and Yemen's Socotra Island the most. I can vouch for first two , never been to either Socotra or Yemen's mainland though unicorn and Marc in Calif 2 Quote
Members unicorn Posted March 12 Members Posted March 12 4 hours ago, vinapu said: I can vouch for first two , never been to either Socotra or Yemen's mainland though I can only wonder if a visit to Yemen will be possible during my lifetime... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Yemen vinapu 1 Quote
Members unicorn Posted March 12 Members Posted March 12 This nut has been to all countries on the planet: Quote
vinapu Posted March 12 Posted March 12 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 Quote
