Bangkok, Thailand: Almost 2,000 same-sex and transgender couples married in Thailand on Thursday as the kingdom’s equal marriage law went into effect in a first for Southeast Asia. Thailand is by far the biggest nation in Asia to recognise equal marriage. More than 30 countries have legalised marriage for all since the Netherlands became the … Read more
File image of Somluck Kamsing© X (Twitter) A Thai court on Thursday sentenced the country’s first Olympic gold medallist to just over three years in prison for the abduction and attempted rape of a teenager. Somluck Kamsing, now 52, became a national hero when he won featherweight boxing gold at the 1996 Olympics … Read more
Bangkok: 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. Below are key facts about the law and what it means. Who Qualifies? Any LGBTQ couple over 18 years of … Read more
Bangkok, Thailand: 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. Thai actors Apiwat “Porsch” Apiwatsayree, 49 — who was in tears — and Sappanyoo “Arm” Panatkool, 38, in matching beige suits, were … Read more