The law, which was approved by the Senate in June, will come into force on 22 January next year.

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.

    • @HonoraryMancunianEnglish
      6•11 hours ago

      The yellow on that map looks different to the yellow on the key

      • TheTechnician27English
        8•10 hours ago

        There are three yellows: one for unenforced prison for intercourse, one for just general but unenforced restrictions on expression, and one for countries that resrict association like Russia and a few neighboring states (slightly orange). I can check later to see if the key matches the map, but it seems to my untrained eye like it does.

        • @HonoraryMancunianEnglish
          5•8 hours ago

          Just checked in a different browser — turns out my default one with dark mode screws up the colours