Celebration and a mass wedding in Thailand as same-sex marriage law takes effect
Hundreds of couples participated in a mass wedding in Bangkok on Thursday as Thailand’s law recognizing same-sex marriage came into effect.
BANGKOK — They’ve waited six years to call themselves a “family.”
Pehthai Thanomkhet and Nathnicha Klinthaworn finally did Thursday when Thailand’s law on same-sex marriage came into effect and they got formally married at a mass wedding event in Bangkok.
Wearing a tan Thai suit, Thanomkhet, 31, walked into Paragon Hall, an event space in one of the Thai capital’s biggest malls. There he held hands with Klinthaworn, 39, who wore a golden-white traditional Thai dress as the couple made their union official.
“I feel it has unlocked everything,” said Thanomkhet, a human resources manager who goes by his English name, Kevin.
“We can now use the word ‘family,’” he said.
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