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LGBT activists in Thailand  are broadening their push for an amendment to the Civil and Commercial Code in a bid to allow people to legally wed, regardless of gender.

However, the study also found evidence of persistent stigma, discrimination, violence and exclusion.

Patrick Sun, founder of Hong Kong-based Sunpride Foundation, said he picked Taipei and Bangkok as venues because of their more liberal attitudes toward homosexuality.

A diverse and inspirational mix of 27 people and organisations from across Asia and the Pacific have been selected as finalists for this year’s HERO Awards, with a gala fundraising event taking place at Bangkok’s Dutch Ambassador’s Residence on Friday 22 November.

UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Asia and the Pacific and former Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach is set to co-host this year’s Asia Pacific HERO Awards gala in Bangkok which will honour a diverse and inspirational mix of activists, allies and organisations from across Asia and the Pacific.

Bloomberg has reported on the development of same-sex unions in Thailand.

Bangkok Post reports that a recent poll concluded that Transgender people are more accepted in Thai Society

They wish to be recognised as the correct gender after they undergo surgery.

Queer superstar and co-host of Drag Race Thailand, Pangina Heals, visited children displaced by war on the Thai-Myanmar border.

Campaigners call on the Thai government to establish a panel to monitor gender justice.