The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration said it has organized workshops and lectures for all officials in charge of handling marriage registration to raise awareness and provide guidance on proper communication.
Robert Conner, a Thai-American public relations executive based in Washington, said he hoped the law would spread awareness among neighboring countries and encourage them to follow Thailand’s example.
“Even if these other countries don’t follow Thailand’s example of marriage equality, they might at least consider criminalizing same-sex activity,” said Connor, 27, who was born in Phuket. And the grown up said.
It is also hoped that this will benefit Thailand’s tourism-dependent economy, encouraging LGBT travelers from the US and elsewhere to visit Thailand and even as a wedding destination. Also consider as
But there’s still room for improvement, Conner said, noting that changes to the statutory language around marriage don’t extend to family laws.
“This means that with some same-sex couples, there may be cases where one parent has no legal protection or no legal relationship with their own child,” he said.
It was still a huge leap for couples who have been waiting years for this moment.
“I have counted the date from the day the law was passed to today,” said Pisit Srihirunchai, a police officer who is married to his partner Chinnatip Srihirunchai.
Thanomkhet, who is transgender, said he knew from the age of 9 that he wanted to be a man. She said her father discouraged her and also disliked Klenthavrn, a single mother with an 18-year-old son.
Thanom Khet said years of campaigning in Thailand had helped change his father’s mind.
“He doesn’t say he’s happy, but we can see from his actions that he’s open about us now,” he said.
Although Anticha Sangchai and Worawan Ramwan, a same-sex couple, officially married on Thursday, they have considered themselves married for nearly three years after walking together in their wedding dresses in the 2022 Pride Parade in Bangkok. are
“We celebrated our couple, our wedding with our community. It was very exciting. But it wasn’t legal,” Sangchai said.
He said that today is very different.
It’s not just in Bangkok where couples are scrambling to get their marriages legally recognised.
