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Love is a many-gendered thing: Thai LGBTQ+ couples register marriages as law gives them equal status

A couple from the LGBTQ+ community shows their marriage certificate in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A just-married couple from the LGBTQ+ community walks on rainbow carpet in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, on the first day a law took effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Couples from the LGBTQ+ community show their marriage certificates after the Marriage Equality Act took effect in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A couple from the LGBTQ+ community wait to sign their marriage certificates as the Marriage Equality Act takes effect in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Patherine Khunnares, 37, web designer, left, and Vivian Chullamon, 36, researcher, stand for a photograph in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A just-married couple from the LGBTQ+ community walks on rainbow carpet in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, on the first day a law took effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Juthatip Suttiwong, 24, chef, left, and Kullayahnut Akkharasretthabudh, 38, real estate owner, pose for a portrait in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Kwanporn Kongpetch, left, and Kwanporn Kongpetch from the LGBTQ+ community show their marriage certificates after the Marriage Equality Act took effect in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A couple from the LGBTQ+ community pose for a photo while waiting to sign their marriage certificates as the Marriage Equality Act takes effect in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Couples from the LGBTQ+ community parade to a hall after the Marriage Equality Act took effect in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Couples from the LGBTQ+ community wait for their marriage certificates as the Marriage Equality Act takes effect in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A just-married couple from the LGBTQ+ community walks on rainbow carpet in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, on the first day a law took effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A member of the LGBTQ+ community walks on rainbow carpet in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, on the first day a law took effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Pisit Sirihirunchai, left, and Chanatip Sirihirunchai from the LGBTQ+ community show their marriage certificates after the Marriage Equality Act took effect in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Couples from the LGBTQ+ community fill documents to receive marriage certificates as the Marriage Equality Act takes effect in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A couple from the LGBTQ+ community wait to sign their marriage certificates as the Marriage Equality Act takes effect in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Couples from the LGBTQ+ community show their marriage certificates after the Marriage Equality Act took effect in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A just-married couple from the LGBTQ+ community walks on rainbow carpet in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, on the first day a law took effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

FILE - Sunma Piamboon, left, and her partner Danaya Phonphayung show their wedding rings in Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)