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    "Almost" ...Again...

    Thai Court Stops Shy of Granting LGBTQ Marriage Rights

    By Randy Thanthong-Knight (Bloomberg)
    November 17, 2021, 6:35 PM GMT+7


    • The court however said LGBTQ rights should be expanded
    • Country’s LGBTQ rights inconsistent despite gay-friendly image


    A court in Thailand has ruled that laws should be expanded to guarantee greater rights for lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and queer individuals but stopped short of granting marriage equality.
    The Constitutional Court said the current marriage bill that only recognizes heterosexual couples is constitutional, but added the government and parliament “should draft laws that guarantee the rights for gender diverse people,” according to a statement on Wednesday.

    The court ruling could pave the way for the recognition of same-sex partnership in Thailand, a Southeast Asian country that has a gay-friendly image but inconsistent laws on LGBTQ rights.

    A Long Road Ahead


    Asia lags far behind Europe and the Americas in marriage equality

    Source: The Human Rights Campaign Foundation

    The Thai government has been working on a bill for the past decade that would allow same-sex unions to adopt children, jointly manage assets and liabilities, and inherit from their partners. But rights groups have criticized the bill for not granting homosexual couples the same rights heterosexual couples enjoy, and pushed for marriage equality.

    If Thailand amended its marriage laws to allow same-sex couples to register, it would become the second place in Asia to allow such unions after Taiwan legalized them in 2019.
    Majestically enthroned amid the vulgar herd

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    'and queer individuals' 5555555

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    Why do you find that funny?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Willy View Post
    Why do you find that funny?
    TBF when the Thai authorities use such archaic language, it demonstrates just how for they have drifted from contemorary accepted terminology.
    I chuckled at first, then realized how dumb the rejection of rights is when presented in official use today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Switch View Post
    TBF when the Thai authorities use such archaic language,
    What does the Q in LGBTQ stand for?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Switch View Post
    TBF when the Thai authorities use such archaic language, it demonstrates just how for they have drifted from contemorary accepted terminology.
    ...Thainess resists evolution unless there's money to be made...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Willy View Post
    What does the Q in LGBTQ stand for?
    ...(unalterably) queer...

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
    and pushed for marriage equality.
    Do homosexuals have to push harder? Asking for a friend.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Willy View Post
    What does the Q in LGBTQ stand for?
    Yeah, switch and boney showing how out of touch they are.

    One would think switch would at least have a smidgin of knowledge in this area, but no. He’s just as clueless on this as he is on just about every other aspect of human existence.

    As for the topic - well, the Thai establishment remains as mired in the past as ever.

    File this one alongside having an absolute monarchy in all but name.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Yeah, switch and boney showing how out of touch they are.

    One would think switch would at least have a smidgin of knowledge in this area, but no. He’s just as clueless on this as he is on just about every other aspect of human existence.

    As for the topic - well, the Thai establishment remains as mired in the past as ever.

    File this one alongside having an absolute monarchy in all but name.
    Thank you so much for your personal summary of your expectations of my knowledge base. Much appreciated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Willy View Post
    Why do you find that funny?
    '
    LGBT is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity.[1]
    It may refer to anyone who is non-heterosexual or non-cisgender, instead of exclusively to people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.[2] To recognize this inclusion, a popular variant, LGBTQ, adds the letter Q for those who identify as queer or are questioning their sexual or gender identity.[3]'

    I thought it just meant, 'questioning their sexual or gender identity'. So as switch said, it just sounded really archaic or classical if you will. Jai yen yen

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Yeah, switch and boney showing how out of touch they are.

    One would think switch would at least have a smidgin of knowledge in this area, but no. He’s just as clueless on this as he is on just about every other aspect of human existence.

    As for the topic - well, the Thai establishment remains as mired in the past as ever.

    File this one alongside having an absolute monarchy in all but name.
    Jerk de la knee and jerk quite literally. Jai yen yen tirak

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    Well at least they didn't try boggling them with LGBTQQIP2SAA

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    Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
    at least they didn't try boggling them
    Not before a glass of merlot and dimmed lights anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Willy View Post
    Why do you find that funny?

    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Willy View Post
    What does the Q in LGBTQ stand for?

    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Yeah, switch and boney showing how out of touch they are
    It's quite uncanny how in-touch with and sensitive to modern homosexual trends these two are, having spent most of their working lives living and toiling for Mohammed.













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    Quote Originally Posted by Bonecollector View Post
    I thought it just meant,
    Quote Originally Posted by Bonecollector View Post
    Jai yen yen

    So you want me to ‘calm down’ because you are ignorant?

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    Well if I thought it was one of two things that the letter 'Q' apparently stands for, maybe I am just half ignorant and maybe you're just a massive

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    '''We'''re being pressured into sex by some trans women''' - BBC News

    Whilst we are on the topic of alphabet sexual terminology and all it encompasses, quite horrific article about L's being forced into relationships with T's at the threat of being cancelled or being compared to, and I quote, 'far-right-groups'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bonecollector View Post
    Whilst we are on the topic of alphabet sexual terminology
    ...*cough*...the topic is gay marriage rights in the swamp...apparently a notion too far for the boneheads (no offense) in charge of Thainess uber alles...

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
    ...*cough*...the topic is gay marriage rights in the swamp...apparently a notion too far for the boneheads (no offense) in charge of Thainess uber alles...

    Indeed. Sigh.

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    I believe I made a comment on a word used within the topic only for it to be taken off topic in reprimanding me for something which as it turns out was half of what I thought it was. double sigh

    Interesting and shocking story though, wouldn't you agree?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Willy View Post
    Indeed. Sigh.
    You run around the forum calling people gay. What a fucking great ally to have hey

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    Quote Originally Posted by armstrong View Post
    You run around the forum calling people gay.
    ...it's banter...get over it...

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
    ...it's banter...get over it...
    He's still in the closet, he can't!

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