Hundreds of people began registering their marriages at a mall in Bangkok, as Thailand became one of the few places in Asia to legalize same-sex unions.
Yay, some good news! Needed in these times. Yet another country that care less about what consenting adults do in the privacy of their homes and start caring about rights instead
My partner is a Thai national refugee. We’re happy about this. Her refugee friend in Japan does not get such status and may not be able to remain if he fails his citizenship test.
It’s about thaim!
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Looks like fairly soon Thailand may be more progressive than the US.
Probably in days seeing how things in the us are going.
Strange way to write “hours”
Why does the picture look like all straight couples?
Caption might help
Phanlavee Chongtangsattam and Rungtiwa Thangkanopast, at center in the second row, at a mass wedding in Bangkok on Thursday. They had been rebuffed in an earlier attempt to get married. Lauren DeCicca for The New York Times
