👏🏼 #Thailand's lawmakers pass bill to legalize same-sex marriage by overwhelming majority - … would make the country the first in Southeast Asia to legalize equal rights for marriage partners of any gender #LGBTQ https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/lawmakers-thailand-pass-bill-legalize-same-sex-marriage-108536208
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#Thailand's #ConstitutionalCourt ordered the dissolution of the #AntiEstablishment opposition party #MoveForward, ruling its campaign to amend a #law that protects the #monarchy from #criticism risked undermining the #democratic system.
The ruling is the latest setback for Thailand's major #political parties that are embroiled in a 20yr battle for #power against influential #conservatives, #OldMoney families & the #military.
#geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thai-politics-edge-court-decides-fate-anti-establishment-party-2024-08-06/
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Thailand's same-sex law has come into force, making the kingdom the first Southeast Asian country to allow equal marriage and the biggest place in Asia to recognize such unions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/23/asia-pacific/society/thailand-same-sex-marriage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #thailand #lgbtq #samesexmarriage
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“Just days after marriage equality became the law in Thailand, the country’s national health ministry added hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to the free health services available to Thai citizens.”
“Deputy government spokesperson Anukool Pruksanusak said the allocation was in direct support of the government’s policy on marriage equality, with an emphasis on both physical and mental health for sexually diverse individuals.”
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/thailand-makes-hormone-therapy-free-for-trans-poeple
If all goes well, #TimorLeste will officially join the #ASEAN as its 11th member.
For grassroots:
- 30 days visa-free entry across all 11 ASEAN members
-- you can reset it twice by crossing to another ASEAN member for at least 24 hours, so that's 90 days total
- more work opportunities for Timorians and the rest of ASEANs
- easy exchange student processing
- cultural exchanges
- ASEAN jokes and memes 😂
#Philippines #Indonesia #Singapore #Thailand #Malaysia #Laos #Lao #VietNam #Cambodia #Myanmar #Burma #Brunei
#TimorLeste will become the 11th nation in #ASEANGrassroots:- 30-day visa-free-- reset twice by crossing a border for 24H- more work opportunity- exchange students- cultural exchange#Philippines #Indonesia #Singapore #Thailand #Malaysia #Laos #VietNam #Cambodia #Myanmar #Burma #Brunei