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Thailand legalises same-sex marriage in historic move

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Thailand 's long-awaited equal marriage law comes into effect on Thursday .

Some 180 same-sex couples are registering their unions at one of Bangkok 's grandest shopping malls.

It means LGBTQ+ couples now have the same rights as any other couple to get engaged and married, to manage their assets, to inherit and to adopt children.

Thailand is an outlier in Asia in recognising marriage equality.

Dozens of laws in the Thai legal code have not yet been made gender-neutral.

There are still obstacles in the way of same-sex couples using surrogacy to have a family.

Parents are still defined under Thai law as a mother and a father.

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