Thailand legalises same-sex marriage
It comes at a time when other freedoms are being curbed
On June 18th government bigwigs, LGBT activists and stars of popular Thai television shows about gay love partied on the lawn in front of the prime minister’s offices in Bangkok. Hours earlier the Thai senate voted through a sweeping marriage-equality bill. Thailand will soon be the first South-East Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Marriage of equals”
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