Gearing up for marriage equality act

[reader]

From Bangkok Post

The state and civil sectors are gearing up to implement the Marriage Equality Bill, which is set to become law next month.

The bill was endorsed by His Majesty the King and published in the Royal Gazette on Sept 24, making Thailand the third country or territory in Asia, after Taiwan and Nepal, to recognise same-sex marriage.

The bill will become law 120 days after it was published in the Royal Gazette, which means same-sex couples will be able to start registering their marriages on Jan 22 next year.

Yesterday, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, along with the Social Development and Human Security, Interior, Justice, and Culture ministries and Bangkok Pride organisation, held an event called "Marriage Equality Day" to provide an update on Thailand's readiness to implement the Marriage Equality Bill.

Kannapong Pipatmontrikul, the director of the General Registration Office of the Interior Ministry, said that a committee had been formed to make adjustments to the marriage registration system to allow same-sex people to register their marriages at local district offices across Thailand.

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[reader]

From Pattaya Mail

By Barry Kenyon

As the Thai government gears up to implement the marriage equality law next month, there is no sign of the green signal elsewhere. The most virulent public opposition to gay rights is in South Korea where “come to your senses” netizens are keen to link same sex activity to aids, monkeypox and any transmitted disease to hand. Some say the advance of evangelical Christianity there is the main reason for the taboo, although the civil penal code is silent on homosexuality.

Politicians in Muslim-dominated Malaysia and Indonesia argue that gay marriage is another attempt by western ideologues and their proxies to colonize Asia. Most unsurprisingly, a Malaysian government spokesman said that there are no known cases of registered gay marriages in the country, whilst a state legislature has suggested the building of “rehab” centers for gays.

Vietnam formally declassified gay practices as a disease in 2022, but they are neither illegal nor accepted by the state. In the same year, Singapore decriminalized homosexuality but amended the constitution to limit marriage to members of the opposite sex. Myanmar, in the throes of an insurgency, has only stated that “gender issues, unlike in the west, are not important here”. Laos authorities mostly ignore gays although a handful of bars have been warned not to display rainbow flags.

As regards Cambodia, former premier Hun Sen has said that there are 100,000 gays in the country and they do not suffer discrimination. They can marry if they wish, but there is no state certificate or civil law recognition. The Philippines has a strong campaigning lobby to extend gay rights beyond notional legality of sexual activity, but the legislature prefers to ignore sexual orientation in Asia’s only notional Roman Catholic country.

In spite of widespread indifference or hostility by ruling classes throughout the region, gay activists sense some progress. The Asian Pride Alliance pointed out that Thailand was an unexpected country to find liberalism. “It was the military-backed, rightist government here which first agreed the concept of same sex marriage as well as decriminalizing cannabis,” said the spokeswoman referring to the post-coup administration which lost power last year. “Never give up!” she concluded.

https://www.pattayamail.com/latestnews/news/gay-marriage-unlikely-to-spread-soon-amongst-thailands-neighbors-482316
 

[floridarob]

you going to get married and settle down?

[reader]

Only if you promise to keep your word and never return to Colombia.

[khaolakguy]

9 hours ago, reader said:

Laos authorities mostly ignore gays although a handful of bars have been warned not to display rainbow flags.

Not allowing the display of rainbow flags in Laos is the most surprising and disappointing statement in this article.

[reader]

29 minutes ago, khaolakguy said:

Not allowing the display of rainbow flags in Laos is the most surprising and disappointing statement in this article.

+1

The good news is that there’s no shortage of good looking Lao guys in the shops on Surawong and Soi 6, not to mention Saphan Kwai.

[vinapu]

6 hours ago, reader said:

 

The good news is that there’s no shortage of good looking Lao guys in the shops on Surawong and Soi 6, not to mention Saphan Kwai.

exactly , and they don't need any flags to know how to provide excellent service ( for me historically Lao are # 1 )

[gayinpattaya]

1 hour ago, vinapu said:

exactly , and they don't need any flags to know how to provide excellent service ( for me historically Lao are # 1 )

Agreed. Lao boys are fucking amazing! Followed by Vietnamese. Sorry Thai boys, you are third. Maybe 4th. I have that Colombian itch. 

[floridarob]

2 hours ago, gayinpattaya said:

I have that Colombian itch. 

Imagine how I feel after 6 weeks in Asia 🤨

[Keithambrose]

5 hours ago, gayinpattaya said:

fucking amazing!

Literally!