What Thailand's Same-Sex Marriage Victory Means for the Economy
Big Take Asia14 Feb 2025

What Thailand's Same-Sex Marriage Victory Means for the Economy

Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize same-sex marriage last month. And to mark the occasion, nearly 2,000 couples tied the knot on the first day the law came into effect.

In this bonus episode of the Big Take Asia podcast, host K. Oanh Ha speaks to a lesbian couple who were among the first in the country to get married that day and to Bloomberg reporter Patpicha Tanakasempipat on what the landmark law change means for equality in the country and the nation’s economic growth.

Read more: Same-Sex Marriage Win Opens Up ‘Rainbow Tourism’ in Thailand

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