Thailand’s king has signed a marriage equality bill into law, making the country the first in South East Asia to recognise same-sex unions. The bill cleared the Senate in June but required royal endorsement to become law. It was published in the Royal Gazette on Tuesday and will come into effect on 22 January next year.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Yep. I was born in 1977. To my shame, I used to use words like ‘gay’ (or worse) as an insult when I was a kid.