Thailand joins Nepal and Taiwan as the only Asian nations to legalise LGBT unions, amid repressive regimes and religious traditions

Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the government to declassify documents pertaining to three of the biggest, and most controversial, assassinations in American history: President John F. Kennedy in 1963,

Thailand made history by legalizing same-sex marriage, becoming the first Southeast Asian nation and the third in Asia, following Taiwan and Nepal, to do so.

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand made Thursday a life-changing occasion, registering their marriages legally on the first day a law

A high-profile gay couple married in Thailand on Thursday as the kingdom's same-sex marriage law went into effect, an AFP journalist saw, among the first of hundreds expected to do so.

Thailand's monumental Marriage Equality Act has come into effect on Friday allowing LGBTQ couples to tie the knot. | ITV National News

Donald Trump will be sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts as the 47th U.S. president at a ceremony at the Capitol Building. The 78-year-old Trump then delivers his inaugural address. On day one, Trump has pledged to sign a host of executive orders on a raft of matters ranging from border security to oil and gas production.

But in the 2019 election which returned Thailand to civilian rule, a new, youthful reformist party called Future Forward, which fully supported equal marriage, did unexpectedly well. They won the third-largest share of seats, revealing a growing hunger for change in Thailand.

Thailand’s landmark marriage equality bill was officially written into law on Sept. 24, after it was endorsed by King Maha Vajiralongkorn.

At the Siam Paragon mall in Bangkok, a mass wedding ceremony was held where over 1,700 same-sex couples tied the knot.

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand are expected to make their wedded status legal on the first day a law takes effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples.

US nominee for Ambassador to the UN, Elise Stefanik, currently a member of the House of Representatives, has pledged to work toward Taiwan maximum meaningful