#king vajiralongkorn

[duchessofostergotlands]

Just found out the King of Thailand likes to doodle and will put his doodles on cards and royal “gift packs” given out at charity events and oh boy. This is his New Year’s card from 2021, featuring his doodles and pictures of him and his then official concubine (after she was imprisoned and before she mysteriously disappeared):

[theroyalsandi]

King Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida of Thailand attend the Coronation Reception For Overseas Guests at Buckingham Palace | May 05, 2023

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Donald Padgett at The Advocate:

The king of Thailand signed a new law recognizing marriage equality, the government announced in its official Royal Gazette on Tuesday, Le Monde with Agence France-Presse reported. With the royal ascent of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Thailand became Southeast Asia’s first country and only the third country in Asia to recognize marriage equality. The new law will take effect on January 22, 2025. “To all the love,” Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra posted to X Twitter. “Congratulations on everyone’s love.” The new law amends the country’s civil code and ensures same-sex married couples receive full legal, medical, and financial rights, as well as full inheritance and adoption rights. The new law also amends the civil code to use gender-neutral rather than binary language. The law was passed by the country’s senate on June 18 by a vote of 130 to 4 and was the signature legislation of former Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, a vocal supporter of the LGBTQ+ community in Thailand.

[...] Thailand joins Nepal and Taiwan as the only countries in Asia recognizing marriage equality when the new law takes effect next year. Taiwan legalized marriage equality in 2019 and Nepal followed in 2023.

With King Maha Vajiralongkorn granting royal assent to the bill legalizing marriage equality in Thailand, they become the first Southeast Asian country to legalize marriage equality.

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LGBTQ Nation: Thailand becomes first Southeast Asian country to legalize marriage equality

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“I think Rama X of Thailand might just be the craziest Modern day monarch.” - Submitted by Anonymous

[banglakhobor]

বছরে পেট্রোল খরচই কয়েকশো কোটি টাকা! থাইল্যান্ডের রাজার রাজকীয়তা ও সম্পত্তির গল্প

King Maha Vajiralongkorn: এখানেই শেষ নয়, তালিকা আরও লম্বা! রয়েছে ৩৮টি বিমানও। আর সবথেকে আকর্ষণীয় অনন্য হল ৫২টি নৌকা। যা সম্পূর্ণ রূপে সোনা দিয়ে তৈরি। আর এই সব যানবাহনের বার্ষিক জ্বালানির খরচ প্রায় ৫২৪ কোটি টাকা। Source link

[macleod]

Thailand’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved an amendment to its civil code to allow same-sex marriage, with an expectation for the draft to be submitted to Parliament next month.

Karom Polpornklang, a deputy government spokesperson, said the amendment to the Civil and Commercial Code will change the words “men and women” and “husband and wife” to “individuals” and “marriage partners” for same-sex couples to be able to receive the same rights that heterosexual couples receive.

He said the law would guarantee the right to form a family in a relationship between same-sex couples, adding that the next step will be an amendment to the pension fund law to recognize same-sex couples as well.

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin told reporters that the draft law is expected to be proposed to Parliament on Dec. 12. If it becomes law after Parliament’s approval and King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s endorsement, Thailand will be the third place in Asia, after Taiwan and Nepal, to allow same-sex marriage.

Source: AP News, November 21, 2023

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i learned about the most prohibited photos

The distribution of these images is prohibited in Thailand, and anyone who shares this image within the country may face up to 10 years in prison. The individual in the photograph, though he appears to be an inebriated commoner, is in fact His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn, who is entering his limousine. This king is well-known for his vices, including alcohol and gambling, and he does not even reside in Thailand; rather, he rules the country from Germany. However, the public is presented with an image of a king who never leaves the country and is always impeccably dressed.

This is one of the most censored images for a good reason: if the public saw their king acting like this, there would be an uproar.

[robynochs]

Thailand just became the 1st country in Southeast Asia & the 3rd Asian country to legalize same-sex unions after their king signed a marriage equality law.

The other two countries in Asia with marriage equality are Taiwan & Nepal.

Congratulations!

[lgbtpopcult]

Thailand passes landmark bill to legalise same-sex marriage | LGBTQ News | Al Jazeera

The legislation will now go to King Maha Vajiralongkorn for assent, a formality that is widely expected to be granted. It will come into force 120 days after it is published in the royal gazette.

[theroyalsandi]

ROYAL NEWS!!!

King Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida of Thailand are confirmed to attend King Charles’s Coronation next month.  

[world-of-wales]

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[zoobus]

Rukchanok "Ice" Srinork, 28, had pleaded not guilty to posting tweets critical of the monarchy.

Ice's Move Forward party, which won this year's election, had urged reform of the lese-majeste laws.

But the unelected senate used this as the main reason for blocking the party's attempt to form a government.

Opposition to the lese-majeste laws was one of the issues which sparked mass protests in 2020, lasting several months. According to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights, around 260 charges have been filed under the lese-majeste law since 2020. Some 2,000 people have been prosecuted under a variety of laws for their involvement in the protests.

On Wednesday, Ice was found guilty of insulting the monarch by a Bangkok court for two posts made before she joined Move Forward - in the first, she criticised the country's handling of the pandemic, and the second was a repost of a tweet that was said to be critical of the monarchy.

Ice will lose her seat if she eventually goes to jail.

Several other leading figures in the Move Forward party are also facing lese-majeste charges - many of whom were activists who took part in the 2020 protests. Those protests were ignited by a controversial court decision in February 2020 which dissolved Future Forward, the previous incarnation of Move Forward and the first party to campaign on a programme of sweeping reform of Thailand's institutions.

Future Forward had done unexpectedly well in the 2019 election, mainly on the back of enthusiastic support from younger voters. This year, Move Forward stunned Thailand's establishment by doing even better, winning more seats than any other party thanks to victories like the one Ice won in Bang Bon.

After King Vajiralongkorn succeeded his father in 2016, use of the lese-majeste law was suspended for around two years, apparently at the monarch's request.

But the boldness of the 2020 protesters in demanding royal reform prompted the authorities to start using the law again, more extensively than at any other time in Thailand's history.

The lese-majeste law is notoriously broad, which makes mounting a legal defence very difficult.

It is regarded officially as a national security law, and it is extremely rare for judges to acquit defendants. Often the trials are held behind closed doors, with no independent observers. There is also huge pressure on defendants to plead guilty, regardless of the strength of the case against them - conviction is almost certain, and judges routinely halve the sentences of those who plead guilty.

Trials in Thailand often take many years to conclude, which means the lives of the young activists facing lese-majeste and many other charges in relation to the 2020 protests will be consumed for the foreseeable future by incessant court hearings.

This form of "judicial attrition" has proved very effective at snuffing out the protest movement. Protest leaders, some of whom face dozens of charges, simply have no time now to organise.

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“King Rama X? More like King Rama-nov X” - Submitted by Anonymous

[traceofexistence]

congrats to thailand for getting marriage equality!!!

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shared with the Good News App // goodnews.eu

Thailand's king has signe a landmark marriage equality bill into law, making the kingdom the first country in Southeast Asia to recognise same-sex marriages. King Maha Vajiralongkorn endorsed the new law on Tuesday, according to the Royal Gazette. The legislation is set to take effect in 120 days, meaning LGBTQ+ couples will be able to register their marriage in January next year.

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The law, which sailed through both the House of Representatives and the Senate in April and June respectively, grants full legal, financial and medical rights for marriage partners of any gender. It uses gender-neutral terms in place of “men”, “women”, “husbands” and “wives”, and also grants adoption and inheritance rights to same-sex couples.