Surat Thani is governed by federal Thailand law. Learn more
- 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
- Unknown
- 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 Surat Thani 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 Surat Thani 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 Surat Thani is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Thai law does not allow for gender to be changed on any legal documents.
Gender-affirming care in Surat Thani is legal.
Current status
Legal
Gender-affirming care in Thailand is legal. Since the first gender-affirming surgery was performed in 1975, trans people across the world have often gone to Thailand for such care as it is highly affordable compared to most of the world, making it the number one country in sex reassignment surgeries performed. Children are also granted hormone treatment with parental permission. In January 2025, the government also announced that it will invest 145 million baht into gender affirming care.
However, it is not yet possible to change gender on official documents.
However, it is not yet possible to change gender on official documents.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Surat Thani is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Thailand does not recognize a third gender.
LGBT employment discrimination in Surat Thani is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT housing discrimination in Surat Thani is gender identity only.
Current status
Since Jan 26, 2015
Gender identity only
The Gender Equality Act bans discrimination based on gender expression.
Intersex infant surgery in Surat Thani is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Thailand does not ban "normalization" surgeries on intersex infants.
Blood donations by MSMs in Surat Thani 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 Surat Thani 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 Surat Thani is equal.
Current status
Since 1997
Equal
The age of consent in Thailand is 15 regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
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