In a move that puts the state on a clear way to becoming the primary in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex relationship, Thailand’s legislature voted on Tuesday to approve a marriage equality costs. Thailand’s Senate passed the bill by 130 seats to 4, with some nays, on Tuesday evening. The House of Representatives voted in favor of it in March. The policy would be legislation after a Senate council, the Constitutional Court, and the king’s approval, which is widely anticipated.
” After 20 years of trying to legalise this problem”, activist Plaifa Kyoka Shodladd said in the Senate room after the vote, “finally, like wins”. The bill’s passage underscores Thailand’s reputation as a sibling haven for homosexual people in Asia. Just Taiwan and Nepal have legalized same-sex unions.
In some Asian nations, gay sex is a criminal offence. Indonesia, where gay marriage is improper, made illicit sexual improper in 2022. In 2019, Brunei made lesbian sex punishable with death by stoning. It eventually said it would not hold out executions, after common international protest.
Despite the defending heat, thousands of followers gathered in Bangkok to enjoy the step after the bill was passed. They waved flags and threw colorful balloons at a Pride protest. A fireball and confetti that were flying in the air caused a festival to begin. Gloria Gaynor’s” I Will Live” played at the protest, as well as a’ 90s- type Indian pop music called” History”, with the lyrics:” History did n’t repeat anymore, history’s about to change its course, change toward equality”. Even though he claimed he could not attend the event due to a Covid infections, PM Srettha Thavisin promised to hold a party for activists on Tuesday.
Thailand’s act, which amends the government’s legal and commercial code, calls relationship a collaboration between two people age 18 and over, without specifying gender. It also gives LGBTQ couples equal rights to acquire children, claim income allowances, gain property and provide consent for medical care when their partners are incapacitated.
Since its initial version was released over 20 years ago, the bill has been contentious. Thailand is one of the most welcoming countries in the world for gay couples, but it also has some other social conservative tendencies. Legislators rejected a proposal to let people change genders on official documents in February. However, the majority of the Thai population is in favor of the marriage equality bill. In a survey conducted last year, 60 % of Thai adults said they were in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage.
