Couples wed in a riot of colour

Hundreds of same-sex couples wed as Thailand’s landmark marriage bill takes effect
Hundreds of same-sex couples are tying the knot across Thailand on Thursday as the country becomes the first in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality. The landmark bill marks a momentous win for the LGBTQ+ community,
Thailand Celebrates New Same-Sex Marriage Law With Mass Wedding
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.
Couples wed in a riot of colour as Thailand legalises same-sex marriage
When Thailand's long-awaited equal marriage law came into effect on Thursday, police officer Pisit "Kew" Sirihirunchai hoped to be among the first in line to marry his long-term partner Chanatip "Jane" Sirihirunchai.
Factbox-Thailand's same-sex marriage law
Thailand's historic same-sex marriage equality law came into force on Thursday, making it the first country in Southeast Asia and third territory in Asia after Taiwan and Nepal to legalise marriages of same-sex couples.
LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand register their marriages on the first day of law giving them equal status
Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand are expected to make their wedded status legal on the first day a law takes effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples.
Hundreds of LGBT couples say ‘I do’ as Thailand legalises same-sex marriage
Welcome to our live coverage as same-sex marriage becomes legal in Thailand. It's a huge day for the country, which is one of very few places in Asia to recognise marriage equality. It's just past 0800 in Bangkok, where LGBTQ+ couples have been queuing at district offices and other venues to get married.
Hundreds To Wed As Thai Same-sex Marriage Law Comes Into Force
A high-profile gay couple married in Thailand on Thursday as the kingdom's same-sex marriage law went into effect, an AFP journalist saw, among the first of hundreds expected to do so.
'A long fight full of tears': Why Thailand became a haven for LGBT couples
"It has been a long fight full of tears for us." That is how Ann "Waaddao" Chumaporn describes the years that led to this moment – on Thursday, when same-sex marriage becomes legal in Thailand, and more than a hundred couples will tie the knot in one of Bangkok's biggest shopping malls,
'We have been ready for so long': Thailand legalises same-sex marriage
It means LGBT couples now have the same rights as any other couple - the culmination of a decades-long campaign.

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