Nearly 2,000 couples wed as Thailand legalises same-sex marriage
[France24 Asia-Pacific] - 01/23/2025
Thailand's same-sex marriage law took effect Thursday, making it the largest Asian nation to recognise equal marriage rights, including for transgender individuals, and to extend adoption and inheritance rights to all married couples.
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