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- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ Gender identity only
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ Gender identity only
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Chiang Mai is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 22, 2025
Legal
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Thailand since 2025.
On September 24th, 2024, Thailand’s king signed a bill that legalized same-sex marriage, and it was posted in the royal gazette. A bill in Thailand becomes law 120 days after receiving royal assent, which in this case was January 22nd, 2025. The bill also granted same-sex couples the same rights in areas like child adoption, healthcare consent, and inheritance.
On September 24th, 2024, Thailand’s king signed a bill that legalized same-sex marriage, and it was posted in the royal gazette. A bill in Thailand becomes law 120 days after receiving royal assent, which in this case was January 22nd, 2025. The bill also granted same-sex couples the same rights in areas like child adoption, healthcare consent, and inheritance.
Banned
Before 2025, same-sex marriage was banned in Thailand under Section 1448 in the Civil and Commerce code.
Part of the section reads: “A marriage can take place only when the man and woman have completed their seventeenth year of age.” This implied that marriage was only possible between a man and a woman.
Part of the section reads: “A marriage can take place only when the man and woman have completed their seventeenth year of age.” This implied that marriage was only possible between a man and a woman.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Chiang Mai is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Thailand, the government does not restrict the discussion or promotion of LGBT issues.
Right to change legal gender in Chiang Mai is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Thai law does not allow for gender to be changed on any legal documents.
Gender-affirming care in Chiang Mai is legal.
Current status
Legal
Gender-affirming care in Thailand is legal.
In 1975, the first documented gender-affirming surgery in Thailand was performed. Thailand’s care is considered highly affordable compared to most of the world, and individuals under 18 can access hormone treatment with parental consent.
In January 2025, the government announced an investment of 145 million baht into gender-affirming care. However, it is still not possible to change one’s gender on official documents.
In 1975, the first documented gender-affirming surgery in Thailand was performed. Thailand’s care is considered highly affordable compared to most of the world, and individuals under 18 can access hormone treatment with parental consent.
In January 2025, the government announced an investment of 145 million baht into gender-affirming care. However, it is still not possible to change one’s gender on official documents.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Chiang Mai is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Thailand does not recognize a third gender.
LGBT discrimination in Chiang Mai is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since Sep 9, 2015
Same-sex adoption in Chiang Mai is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 22, 2025
Intersex infant surgery in Chiang Mai is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Thailand does not ban "normalization" surgeries on intersex infants.
Blood donations by MSMs in Chiang Mai is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
MSM blood donations are not accepted in Thailand.
In 2021, The National Blood Centre in Thailand reasserted their ban on donations from MSMs after they turned down an appeal against the ban.
In 2021, The National Blood Centre in Thailand reasserted their ban on donations from MSMs after they turned down an appeal against the ban.
Conversion therapy in Chiang Mai is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
In Thailand, conversion therapy is not banned, and there are reports of involuntary and coercive practices targeting LGBTQI+ individuals. According to a 2023 Human Rights report by the US Department of State, Thai government agencies have been accused of forcing conversion therapy on LGBTQI+ people, especially children and juveniles or forcing gender non-conforming AMAB people into military service or in the deep south, into becoming monks. Additionally, some individuals born female have experienced "corrective" rape or forced childbirth.
Equal age of consent in Chiang Mai is equal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1957
Equal
In 1997, the Penal Code Amendment Act set the age of consent in Thailand at 15, regardless of gender or sexual orientation. From 1957, when homosexual sex was decriminalized, until 1997, documentation on age of consent laws is limited, but it does not suggest that the age of consent was applied unequally based on gender or sexuality.
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Alternative names: Chiangmai, Chiengmai, Kiangmai