Bangkok, Jan 23, 2025 (AFP) - Hundreds to wed as Thai same-sex marriage law comes into force

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2025-01-23

A high-profile gay couple married in Thailand on Thursday as the kingdom's same-sex marriage law went into effect, an AFP journalist saw, among the first of hundreds expected to do so. Thai actors Apiwat "Porsch" Apiwatsayree, 49 -- who was in tears -- and Sappanyoo "Arm" Panatkool, 38, in matching beige suits, were handed their pink-bordered marriage certificates at a registry office in Bangkok. "We fought for it for decades and today is a remar......

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