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National Marriage Week started Friday and runs through Valentine’s Day. In a society that often makes fun of the institution of marriage, this week is designed to shift the negative narrative ...

Iraq’s parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage. The amendments give ...

Hundreds of LGBTQ couples in Thailand got married Thursday as the country's landmark marriage equality law came into effect. Thailand is the first country or region in South East Asia to legalize ...

Thailand has become the first country in Southeast Asia, and only the third in Asia, to legalise same-sex marriage. Thai actors Apiwat 'Porsch' Apiwatsayree, right, and Sappanyoo 'Arm' Panatkool ...

Hundreds of same-sex couples are tying the knot across Thailand on Thursday as the country becomes the first in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality. The landmark bill marks a momentous ...

The pair were among hundreds of couples to wed in a mass ceremony Thursday as Thailand’s same-sex marriage law took effect. The Marriage Equality Act, the first law of its kind in Southeast Asia ...

transcript Hundreds of people were married during a mass wedding in Bangkok as Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. “It means the world to us and to ...

The enactment of the Marriage Equality Act makes Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia and the third place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, after Taiwan and Nepal. By the end of ...

Since 2022, China’s Family Planning Association has launched programs to create a “new-era marriage and childbearing culture,” enrolling dozens of cities to promote the “social value of ...