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Bill gives hope to gay couples
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 06/11/2018
» Public hearings regarding a civil partnership bill for same-sex couples will be held from Nov 12-16 in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Ayutthaya and Songkhla, the Rights and Liberties Protection Department (RLPD) said Monday.
Gay lovers gifted day of equality
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/02/2022
» In a first for Thailand, Bangkok's Bang Khunthian district officials yesterday announced it will allow the registration of same-sex marriages on Valentine's Day, although the certificates will not be legally binding.
Police raid gay club, 15 arrested
News, Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 17/02/2023
» CHON BURI: Pattaya police and officials district raided a gay club in Bang Lamung district in the early hours of yesterday morning, which was operating without a permit and past the permitted opening hours.
Bangkok Gay Men's Chorus to debut
Life, Published on 18/04/2023
» The Bangkok Gay Men's Chorus (BK GMC) presents its debut performance at Goethe Institute, Sathon 1, on Sunday at 7pm.
First Muslim takes local gay crown
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 15/05/2023
» A Muslim man from the South crowned as this year's Mr Gay World Thailand will compete on the world stage and represent the Thai LGBTQ+ community at Mr Gay World 2023 in October.
Electroshock ‘used on gay UK soldiers’
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/05/2023
» Gay British soldiers were subjected to electric shock treatment in an effort to “cure” them of homosexuality, according to a damning investigation into historic homophobia in the UK armed forces.
Pope apologises for anti-gay slur
Reuters, Published on 28/05/2024
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, widely quoted as having used a highly derogatory word to describe the LGBT community, did not intend to use homophobic language and apologises to anyone offended by it, the Vatican said on Tuesday.
Namibian court overturns anti-gay laws
Reuters and Bloomberg, Published on 22/06/2024
» WINDHOEK, Namibia - The High Court in Namibia has declared two colonial-era laws that criminalised same-sex acts between men unconstitutional, in a landmark win for the LGBTQ community in the southern African country.
Our disappearing rights
Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 15/06/2020
» It's been over a week since the disappearance of Wanchalearm Satsaksit, an exiled Thai activist living in Cambodia, touched off a heated debate in Thai social media and beyond.
Human rights movement
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 25/11/2020
» To mark the 70th anniversary of the UN decision to observe Human Rights Day, the Delegation of the European Union to Thailand will join the Ministry of Justice's Rights and Liberties Protection Department and the Pichet Klunchun Dance Company to reflect on social issues through a striking dance performance titled 7 Decades Of Human Rights, on Dec 8 at Alliance Française Bangkok.