- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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History
Same-sex marriage in Thailand is banned.
A new law will be going into effect in 2 months.
Going into effect Jan 22, 2025
Legal federal law
On September 24th, 2024, Thailand’s king signed a bill that legalizes same-sex marriage, and it was posted in the royal gazette. The bill becomes law 120 days after receiving royal assent, which is January 22nd, 2025. The bill also grants same-sex couples the same rights in areas including child adoption, healthcare consent, and inheritance.
Banned
Currently, same-sex marriage is banned in Thailand under Section 1448 in the Civil and Commerce code. Part of the section reads: “A marriage can take place only when the man and woman have completed their seventeenth year of age.” This implies that marriage is only possible between a man and a woman. There is currently a bill that is aiming to redefine marriage to terms without gender references.
On March 27th, 2024, the Thailand parliament voted on a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage and it passed. It was then sent to the Thailand Senate and it passed there on June 18th, 2024, with a 130 to 4 vote with 18 abstaining. The bill is now awaiting royal approval and publishing in the Royal Gazette. 120 days after its publication in the Royal Gazette the bill will become law.
On March 27th, 2024, the Thailand parliament voted on a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage and it passed. It was then sent to the Thailand Senate and it passed there on June 18th, 2024, with a 130 to 4 vote with 18 abstaining. The bill is now awaiting royal approval and publishing in the Royal Gazette. 120 days after its publication in the Royal Gazette the bill will become law.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Thailand is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Thailand, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Thailand is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Sex reassignment surgery is legal in Thailand, however, Thai law does not allow for gender to be changed on legal documents such as birth certificates.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Thailand is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Thailand doesn't allow changing legal gender.
LGBT employment discrimination in Thailand is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jan 26, 2015
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under Thailand Criminal Code.
LGBT housing discrimination in Thailand is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jan 26, 2015
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under the revision of Thailand Criminal Code.
Intersex infant surgery in Thailand is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized.
Blood donations by MSMs in Thailand is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Since 1977
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Date shown is when US banned gay male blood donations.
Conversion therapy in Thailand is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
In Thailand, conversion therapy is not banned, and there are reports of involuntary and coercive practices targeting LGBTQI+ individuals. According to a 2022 Human Rights report by the United States Department of State, Thai government agencies have been accused of forcing conversion therapy on LGBTQI+ people, especially children and juveniles. Marriage Equality Network reports that conversion therapy is usually forced onto individuals by their family or religious communities.
Individuals born male have been forced into military training or monkhood, and some individuals born female have experienced "corrective" rape or forced childbirth.
Intersex Thailand reports that some intersex people were forced into irreversible nonconsensual genital surgeries.
Individuals born male have been forced into military training or monkhood, and some individuals born female have experienced "corrective" rape or forced childbirth.
Intersex Thailand reports that some intersex people were forced into irreversible nonconsensual genital surgeries.
Equal age of consent in Thailand is equal.
Current status
Since 1997
Equal
The age of consent in Thailand is 15 regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
LGBT Rights by Province
View the LGBT laws in each individual province of Thailand.
- Amnat Charoen
- Ang Thong
- Buri Ram
- Chachoengsao
- Chai Nat
- Chaiyaphum
- Chanthaburi
- Chiang Mai
- Chiang Rai
- Chon Buri
- Chumphon
- Kalasin
- Kamphaeng Phet
- Kanchanaburi
- Khon Kaen
- Krabi
- Lampang
- Lamphun
- Loei
- Lop Buri
- Mae Hong Son
- Maha Sarakham
- Mukdahan
- Nakhon Nayok
- Nakhon Pathom
- Nakhon Phanom
- Nakhon Ratchasima
- Nakhon Sawan
- Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Nan
- Narathiwat
- Nong Bua Lam Phu
- Nong Khai
- Nonthaburi
- Pathum Thani
- Pattani
- Phangnga
- Phatthalung
- Phayao
- Phetchabun
- Phetchaburi
- Phichit
- Phitsanulok
- Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
- Phrae
- Phuket
- Prachin Buri
- Prachuap Khiri Khan
- Ranong
- Ratchaburi
- Rayong
- Roi Et
- Sa Kaeo
- Sakon Nakhon
- Samut Prakan
- Samut Sakhon
- Samut Songkhram
- Saraburi
- Satun
- Si Sa Ket
- Sing Buri
- Songkhla
- Sukhothai
- Suphan Buri
- Surat Thani
- Surin
- Tak
- Trang
- Trat
- Ubon Ratchathani
- Udon Thani
- Uthai Thani
- Uttaradit
- Yala
- Yasothon
- Bangkok (Metropolitan Administration)
- Phatthaya (Special Administrative City)
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