{"id":69068,"date":"2025-01-23T08:49:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T23:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/jan\/23\/thailand-same-sex-gay-marriage-equality-laws"},"modified":"2025-01-23T23:34:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T14:34:05","slug":"i-am-so-proud-joy-as-thailands-same-sex-couples-can-at-last-get-married","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=69068","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I am so proud\u2019: Joy as Thailand\u2019s same-sex couples can marry at last"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marriage equality laws come into force, with hundreds of couples tying the knot in special wedding events<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,800 same-sex couples have married in Thailand after the country became the first in south-east Asia to recognise equal marriage following a two-decade struggle by activists.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand\u2019s parliament flew rainbow flags, while special wedding events were held in malls and district offices across the country on Thursday. In Bangkok, more than 200 couples lined up to get married at a mass wedding at one of the city\u2019s largest shopping centres. Dozens more booked online to register at the district offices of Bang Rak, in the capital, a popular location for weddings as its name translates to \u201cdistrict of love\u201d. Smaller events took place nationwide, from Chiang Mai and Khon Kaen in the north, to Phuket in the south.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/jan\/23\/thailand-same-sex-gay-marriage-equality-laws\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marriage equality laws come into force, with hundreds of couples tying the knot in special wedding eventsMore than 1,800 same-sex couples have married in Thailand after the country became the first in south-east Asia to recognise equal marriage followi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":888,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,2729,76,93,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-lgbtq-rights","category-marriage","category-thailand","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/888"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69068"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69083,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69068\/revisions\/69083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}