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hat trade :) happy birthday @dying-suffering-french-stalkers !!

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well that was fucking stupid

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Marriage Equality Achieved!

Today, January 23, the marriage equality law officially takes effect. Thailand now recognizes the right of all couples, regardless of gender, to legally register their marriage.

At 6.15am, the first couple, 33 year old Ploynapas Jirasukon and 32 year old Kwanporn Kongphet arrived, hand in hand, to register their marriage. Together for 17 years since high school, the Bangkok-based couple radiated joy as they became Thailand’s first officially recognised LGBTQ+ married couple.

Ploynapas shared her excitement, “We’re thrilled to be the first couple to register our marriage. It’s a proud moment, but there’s still more to achieve, like equality in child custody and legal titles.”

Sumalee, 64, and Thanaporn, 59, became the first same-sex couple to register their marriage at Bang Rak today.

Traveling all the way from Phetchabun, they chose Bangkok's "district of love" for this special occasion.

Permsap and Puangphet, the second couple to register their marriage in Pathumwan District, shared that they had waited 17 years for this moment, calling it a meaningful achievement.

Although they could have registered in Pai, they chose Pathumwan to express pride in exercising the same legal rights as other Thais. They wore traditional Tai Yai attire from Mae Hong Son, reflecting one partner's heritage, to make the occasion special.

They described the milestone as a collective success for the LGBTQ+ community, achieved through shared efforts.

They hoped future legal changes would address honorific titles for transgender individuals, ensuring fairness for all. The couple encouraged others to stay determined in the fight for equality, believing that persistence leads to success. They also urged countries without equal marriage laws to continue advocating for change.

Reflecting on a past accident, they shared the difficulties caused by the lack of legal recognition. Despite being together for eight years at the time, one was unable to sign medical consent due to the law, underscoring the need for equal marriage rights.

Source: Thai Enquirer, Thairath & The Thaiger

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“popular blogs are the best part of tumblr!” “aesthetic blogs are the best part of tumblr!” actually it’s my handful of polar explorer mutuals who express daily the insane thibgs they want to do to those frostbitten scurvy ridden old men. they make the world go round. to me.

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thinking some deep thoughts

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^what he said

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If I tell you this is a horror dance number it still won't prepare you. That last move was so terrifying even the judge was like "Let go! Let go!" If you told me they're actually possessed I'd believe you.

One of the most perfectly choreographed and executed dances I have ever seen and comes closest to Shobana's original performance in Manichitrathazhu. Incredible!

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I really don’t know what crowd I expected to be in the theatre for carol at 1:20 in the afternoon on a friday but it was probably 85% old people, old het couples and halfway through the movie this old lady in front of me turned to the old dude next to her and just said “harold they’re lesbians”

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“Can someone…tell me please…if they also see that bird?”

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An interesting take.

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WAIT! I can in fact justify the nice ticket to myself.

1.) Last year, I couldn't go to this concert because I had a performance that night. So this is like TWO concerts.

2.) They haven't done a Lunar New Year concert at this venue before! They need to be encouraged to keep doing it so I don't have to drive as far!

PROS OF GETTING THE ONE REMAINING ORCHESTRA-LEVEL SEAT AT THE SYMPHONY: being close enough to the instruments that I can watch them makes me better at paying attention

CONS OF THIS: costs $20 more than the partially obscured Promenade seat

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the yaoi was there. it didn’t save anyone. but the yaoi was there.

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PROS OF GETTING THE ONE REMAINING ORCHESTRA-LEVEL SEAT AT THE SYMPHONY: being close enough to the instruments that I can watch them makes me better at paying attention

CONS OF THIS: costs $20 more than the partially obscured Promenade seat

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Oh fuck you. If you live in a suburb or anything not a big city no one really cares if you go in and take a piss but in major cities its mission impossible to find somewhere 2 piss for free.

And then you wonder why people just piss and shit in the street.

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The fate of the franklin expedition is so poetic imagine dying of imperialism and then literally being cannibalised without achieving anything beyond becoming another member of the hallowed ranks of a grisly naval stories in the 1840s and then hundreds of years later your restless shade still haunts humanity without a scrap of peace because amc made a tv show which made everyone write yaoi about you

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re: that fic edits poll, i’d be curious to see how a fic’s revision efforts relate to its popularity. like, i would imagine that the more effort a writer puts into revision, the more kudos the fic has, overall. bc while i do fairly minimal revision on my own fic, in my experience that is where the real magic happens.

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The fact that “Elon musk does two Nazi salutes” isn’t blowing up my push notifications is the best example I could possibly give of the media’s failure to do fucking anything