British Ambassador on same-sex marriage in the UK and gender equality in Thailand

As the Thai parliament passed the second and third readings of the marriage equality bill on March 27th, the tenth anniversary of legalised same-sex marriage in the UK was reached.

The British Ambassador to Thailand, Mark Gooding, along with his husband, Dr. Christopher McCormick, took this opportunity to reflect on the UK’s road to achieving gender equality and LGBT+ rights, while also expressing hope for Thailand in becoming the first Southeast Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage.

“It is the 10th anniversary of the first same-sex weddings in the UK, but I think it also marks decades of progress in the UK on LGBTQ+ rights, including the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the 1960s, gay adoption, equalisation of the age of consent and the Civil Partnership Act, which took effect in 2005 in the UK,” Mark explains.

The same-sex marriage law in England and Wales passed…