Thailand just officially signed marriage equality into law: ‘A triumph of equality and human dignity’

The Bangkok Pride parade in 2024 (Image: Wikimedia Commons/Chainwit.)

Same-sex couples will be able to get married in Thailand from January 2025 after the country’s king signed marriage equality in law.

While the legalisation of same-sex marriage was successfully voted through Thailand’s Senate in June this year, in order for it to be written into law, Maha Vajiralongkorn, the King of Thailand, was still required to endorse the bill in order for it to become official.

On Tuesday (24 September), the King did just that, announcing in the Royal Gazette, the official journal of Thailand, that equal marriage would come into effect on 22 January 2025.

“Congratulations on everyone’s love” – Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand

Waaddao Chumaporn, a LGBTQ+ activist in Thailand, described the news to AFP

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