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• LGBT+ (Thailand)

  LGBTQ couples, families and marriage are ‘against the natural order,’ Thai Constitutional Court rules

  3 December 2021, by Coconuts Bangkok

  Thailand’s Constitutional Court yesterday conceded that its objections to same-sex marriage are ideological rather than legal in a statement declaring it “against the natural order.”
  The comments, included in the court’s full 12-page ruling against a challenge to the charter’s prohibition of (...)

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  ’I am not here to entertain’: meet Thailand’s first transgender MP

  8 April 2019, by ELLIS-PETERSEN Hannah

  Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, an accomplished film director, has triumphed over stigma to enter politics as an equal.
  Thailand is no stranger to political instability, but Sunday’s election, the country’s first in eight years, proved to be a new frontier in chaos. Ineptitude and inaccurate results led (...)

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  Electoral campaign: Businesswoman wants to become Thailand’s first transgender prime minister

  15 February 2019, by HARMER Jeremy, VEJPONGSA Tassanee

  Former sports promoter envisions hope for marginalised.
  Ms Ngarmpring greets locals as part of election campaigns in Bangkok.
  As Pinit Ngarmpring, he was a CEO and sports promoter, well known in the world of Thai football. Now, under her preferred new name of Pauline Ngarmpring, she’s pursuing (...)

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  Lesbian history in Thailand: value in traces

  14 February 2019, by DONALD Emily

  Identifying historical traces of women’s same-sex sexuality and lesbianism is notoriously difficult in many societal and cultural contexts. Thailand is certainly no exception. Several scholars, both Thai and foreign, have written eloquent histories of Thai male homosexuality and homosocial (...)

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  Being LGBT in Thailand: Transgender student files complaint with Gender Discrimination Committee on uniform case

  22 January 2019, by PRACHATAI

  Today (29 January 2019), Jirapat, the transgender student who was denied the right to dress according to her gender identity by Chulalongkorn University, went to the Department of Women’s Affairs and Family Development (DWF) to file a formal complaint on her case.
  Jirapat is a student at the (...)

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  Thai government backs same-sex civil partnership bill

  27 December 2018, by FULLERTON Jamie

  Thailand’s military government has backed a bill that would make the country the first in Asia to recognise same-sex civil partnerships.
  The civil partnership bill is likely to require approval from Thailand’s new parliament after the country’s general election in February. Some activists opposed (...)

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  Thailand Gender Certification Bill – Our genders need no approval from the state: LGBT activists

  15 March 2017, by PRACHATAI

  Citing further legal protections for LGBT people, the Thai authorities has introduced a bill to ‘certify’ gender identifications. LGBT experts, however, have raised question as to why they need the state to approve their gender identifications at all.
  On 14 March 2017, leading LGBT activists and (...)