http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/international/thailand-brings-same-sex-marriage-debate-to-asia/Source: The Jakarta Globe Author: Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau
"A draft law being readied for parliament that seeks to offer lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) couples the same legal rights as heterosexual couples could make Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize gay marriage. [. . . ] Anti-discrimination laws protecting members of the LGBTIQ community are non-existent in the region. Sodomy is criminalized in six member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), namely, Brunei, Burma, Malaysia and Singapore, as well as Marawi City in the Philippines and the South Sumatra Province of Indonesia. Thus Danai Linjongrat, executive director of the Rainbow Sky Association, has been urging caution in the drafting of the civil union bill, so that it will not inadvertently fan the flames of intolerance and heighten regional stigmatization of the LGBTIQ community."
