Bangkok’s central business district was adorned with rainbow on Sunday (31 May) as the city marked Pride month with the annual Bangkok Pride Parade, held now for the fifth year in a row.

28-year-old Myanmar activist Alexander is one of the costume designers participating in the 2024 #BangkokPride parade. We talk to him about the ideas behind his design, how it represents the threats against the LGBTQ community in Myanmar, and the situation after the 2021 military coup.

Annual Pride celebrations returned to Bangkok with a parade in the Siam Square shopping district, joined by thousands of Thais and foreigners, while leaders of the new government coalition promised to pass a Marriage Equality bill as soon as parliament opens.

The organizers of the Bangkok Pride have announced that they will be bidding to host World Pride in 2028 -- a move supported by both the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Move Forward party, who won first place in the 2023 General election. For gender equality activist Chumaporn Taengkliang, founder of Naruemit Pride, the bid to host World Pride is the next step on the road to equality for the Thai LGBTQ community.