Samut Prakan is governed by federal Thailand law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- 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
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Samut Prakan is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 23, 2025
Legal under federal Thailand law
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Thailand since 2025.
On September 24th, 2024, Thailand’s king signed a bill that legalized same-sex marriage, and it was posted in the royal gazette. A bill in Thailand becomes law 120 days after receiving royal assent, which in this case was January 23rd, 2025. The bill also granted same-sex couples the same rights in areas like child adoption, healthcare consent, and inheritance.
On September 24th, 2024, Thailand’s king signed a bill that legalized same-sex marriage, and it was posted in the royal gazette. A bill in Thailand becomes law 120 days after receiving royal assent, which in this case was January 23rd, 2025. The bill also granted same-sex couples the same rights in areas like child adoption, healthcare consent, and inheritance.
Banned under federal Thailand law
Before 2025, same-sex marriage was 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 implied that marriage was only possible between a man and a woman.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Samut Prakan 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 Samut Prakan 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.
Gender-affirming care in Samut Prakan is legal.
Current status
Legal under federal Thailand law
Gender-Affirming Care in Thailand is legal. However, it is not yet possible to change gender officially, even though sex reassignment surgeries are legal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Samut Prakan is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Thailand doesn't allow changing legal gender.
LGBT employment discrimination in Samut Prakan 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 Samut Prakan 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 Samut Prakan is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized.
Blood donations by MSMs in Samut Prakan is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral) under federal Thailand law
MSM blood donations are not accepted in Thailand.
In 2021, The National Blood Centre in Thailand reasserted their ban on donations from MSM’s, after they turned down an appeal against the law.
In 2021, The National Blood Centre in Thailand reasserted their ban on donations from MSM’s, after they turned down an appeal against the law.
Conversion therapy in Samut Prakan 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 Samut Prakan is equal.
Current status
Since 1997
Equal
The age of consent in Thailand is 15 regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
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