A network of civil society organizations has called on political parties to push for a gender recognition law, as not allowing trans people to change their gender markers and limiting legal markers to a binary male or female have led to discrimination against trans, non-binary, and intersex people.

The UN Human Rights Office for Southeast Asia said that it welcomes the enactment of the historic Marriage Equality Act, which provide equal recognition of marriage for LGBTQ couples, and encouraged the Thai government to further advance gender equality by passing a gender recognition law and an anti-discrimination law.

MPs from the Move Forward Party (MFP) have re-submitted the Marriage Equality bill to parliament to prevent the bill from being automatically dismissed. 

Pride Month opened in Thailand with a parade in Chiang Mai on Sunday (28 May) with a parade in the city’s old town to campaign for LGBTQ rights.

<p>As Thailand will soon be due for another general election, members of the civil society are now concerned that policies advocating for the welfare of women, children, and LGBTQ+ people and for gender equality would be used as a campaigning tool, as many political parties have yet to implement policies proposed during the 2019 election.</p>

<p>The human right organization Fortify Rights issued a statement today (1 November) calling&nbsp;on the Thai parliament to approve the Marriage Equality bill, which is expected to re-enter parliament during the current legislative session.</p>