Thailand legalises same-sex marriage, first in Southeast Asia

Members of the LGBTQ community walk on a rainbow carpet at a marriage registration event at Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok on January 23, 2025. Almost 2,000 same-sex and transgender couples married in Thailand on January 23 as the kingdom's equal marriage law went into effect in a first for Southeast Asia. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)