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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. H undreds of same-sex couples in Thailand tied the knot on Thursday as a landmark legislation took effect, making it the first nation in Southeast Asia to recognise marriage equality. On Thursday, hundreds of same-sex marriages were registered at district offices nationwide — marking a historic step for the country, which is only the third nation in Asia, after Taiwan and Nepal, to recognise marriage equality. 
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Thailand remains an outlier in Asia in recognising marriage equality - only Nepal and Taiwan have legalised same-sex unions. Thailand is the first country or region in South East Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, and the third in Asia after Taiwan and Nepal. One couple getting married said they had waited 13 years to do so, while another said they'd been waiting 17 years.
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Hundreds of couples participated in a mass wedding in Bangkok on Thursday as Thailand’s law recognizing same-sex marriage came into effect. There he held hands with Klinthaworn, 39, who wore a golden-white traditional Thai dress as the couple made their union official. The mass wedding was organized by a Thai rights group, Naruemit Pride, with almost couples successfully registering marriages at the daylong event. 
The long road to legalise same sex marriage in Thailand
The enactment of the Marriage Equality Act makes Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia and the third place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, after Taiwan and Nepal. 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. And he was - they were the sixth couple to register their union at one of Bangkok's grandest shopping malls, in an event city officials helped organise to celebrate this legal milestone.
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H undreds of same-sex couples in Thailand tied the knot on Thursday as a landmark legislation took effect, making it the first nation in Southeast Asia to recognise marriage equality. .
Hundreds of LGBT+ couples wed in Thailand as historic
Thailand on Thursday became the first country in Southeast Asia to hold legal same-sex weddings, with 2SLGBTQ+ groups aiming to mark the occasion with more than 1, marriage registrations in a. . Thailand holds its 1st same
Hundreds of same-sex couples tied the knot across Thailand on Thursday, as the country becomes the first in Southeast Asia to legally recognize equal marriage. . Same
Hundreds of LGBTQ couples in Thailand get married as the country's landmark marriage equality law comes into effect. .