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.
BANGKOK, Thai land — A high-profile gay couple married in Thai land 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 handed their pink-bordered marriage certificates at a registry office in Bangkok.
Reputation for tolerance Thailand ranks highly on indexes of LGBTQ legal and living conditions, and Thursday's milestone makes it the first Southeast Asian country to allow equal marriage.The kingdom's same-sex marriage bill was passed in a historic parliamentary vote last June, the third place in Asia to do so after Taiwan and Nepal.The law was ratified by King Maha Vajiralongkorn in September and came into effect after 120 days.
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