#Lovewins

[hallowpen]

June's 2024 Pride Month is fast approaching in Thailand, so I thought now would be the perfect time to explain the Thai legislative process and what the future of the Marriage Equality Bill looks like:

How Does A Bill Become Law in Thailand? I'm going to explain it as simple as possible. A bill is always first introduced into the National Assembly. The National Assembly is broken down into two houses: you have the lower house (House of Representatives) and the upper house (Senate). First, the bill goes through consideration in the lower house and there's three separate readings. Once it gets approved on its third reading, it's then sent to the upper house where it has to go through the same process. Again, it goes through three separate readings. Then if it's approved on its third reading, the PM (Prime Minister) sends it to the King for royal approval. If the King signs the bill, it'll become law once it is published in the Royal Gazette.

At What Point in the Process is the Marriage Equality Bill? In April, the Senate voted "Yes" to accept the bill for consideration. A committee will be formed to consider the bill in its second reading--which will not happen until July. So, really we're just waiting because the current senatorial term ends early this month... Unfortunately, given the timeframe of how the process works, the bill was never going to be realistically passed by Pride 2024. It is a little bit disappointing, but there's still lots to celebrate. Thailand is seeking to host the World Pride Events in Bangkok by 2028...So there is a lot to look forward to, regardless. (Best case scenario*, marriage equality will be legal by November 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾)

What Will Happen during the Second Reading in the Senate? The second reading is where things get a little more complicated. This is probably the biggest hurdle to overcome for the bill to be passed as quickly as possible. Once the committee is appointed, they'll be going through the bill section by section. Any amendments that were proposed from the lower house, which this go around is mostly just about equal representation in the language of the bill, will be considered (Consideration cannot exceed 30 days). The hope is that all 27 members of the committee will vote to agree with the amendments and then the bill will be revised as such. However, at this stage, if the committee cannot come to a full agreement, then the amendments must be debated. During debate, if the majority approve the amendments, the text is revised and the bill moves on to the third reading. If the bill is withheld, meaning the Senate doesn't agree to any of the amendments, it goes back to the lower house for reconsideration.

What Happens if the Bill is Presented for Reconsideration in the Lower House? The lower house can agree and approve the bill as is. But if the lower house does not agree with the Senate's decision or if the Senate has proposed amendments that the lower house does not agree with, then the two houses must form a joint committee that will work to resubmit an agreed upon version of the bill. From there, my knowledge is pretty limited, but I know due to the numbers from the houses initial votes, the bill would eventually be approved by a combination of votes from both houses.

What Happens during the Third Reading in the Senate? During the third reading of the bill, the Senate must decide whether to enact the bill as law or not. They're not allowed to change anything on the bill and they cannot debate any of the amendments. It's just: here's the bill, it's being presented as it's been approved by the second reading, should it be passed as law or not? One more than the majority of the vote is needed in the upper house in order for the bill to be approved.

What Happens if the Senate Votes "No" on the Bill? The bill can be reintroduced into the lower house after 180 days. If the lower house votes to approve the bill that was presented in the third reading of the upper house (which they will), it basically bypasses the Senate's decision to not approve the bill. From there it'll go directly from the lower house to the PM... who will present it to the King for royal approval. Like I've been saying: the bill is eventually going to become law at some point. It's just a matter of when. Because if the Senate decides to make things difficult, then it would just take longer for the bill to pass. Since it's going to pass eventually, we want everything to go as smoothly as possible without any hiccups.

What is the Likelihood of the Senate Voting "Yes"? It's hard to give a definitive answer. The expectation is that, since they know the bill is going to eventually become law anyway, they're just going to do the decent thing and approve it so that they don't have to prolong things any further... because it's taken long enough at this point. The problem is that the upper house is more notoriously known as the conservative house of the National Assembly. And if you understand Thai and were paying attention to the discussions that were going on in their first reading, you can kind of see why that is. Unfortunately, there is a chance that they're going to want to make things more difficult... but I'm hopeful that they won't.

What Happens if the Senate Votes "Yes"? Once the National Assembly approves the bill, it goes to the King for approval. After the King receives the bill from the PM, he would have a period of twenty days from when he received it to sign it into law. Once it is signed, it is arranged for publication in the gazette. After 120 days from its publication, it is considered officially legal in Thailand.

Can the King Veto the Bill? He can...BUT the King's never used his veto once the National Assembly has approved a bill. In the extremely rare case that he does, the lower house would reintroduce the bill and the National Assembly would vote to bypass the King's veto anyway. The bill can then be sent directly to the gazette, with or without the King's signature, to be published into law. 

*The best case scenario, overall, is that 1) the Senate votes to approve any and all amendments during the second reading and 2) in the third reading they vote to approve the bill in its amended form. Then the PM will present that bill to the King, it'll be signed, and then published in the gazette. And, that's it. Then you have marriage equality in Thailand. Officially!!!   

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Marriage equality has been in talks for a while in Thailand, and a lot of us were frustrated when it didn't get passed the first few times around. Now that we know that it's going to be legal, I'm hopeful about what this could mean in the future: Gender recognition... full and equal protection under the law... I was 11 when I moved to the United States to live with my dad (I won't get into the reasons why, they're very personal) and ~11 years later, when marriage equality passed I could not express the amount of joy that had overcome me...and I was only 21 at the time, with no intention of being married in the near future. Yet, for some reason, I felt as though I could not be fully excited because things were so different back home. What I could have here, I could not have if I ever decided to move back to Thailand. That's not to say that Thailand is not very culturally accepting of the LGBTQIA+ community, because they are (for the most part), it's just that the laws have failed to keep up. Given my personal situation, which I don't typically feel comfortable sharing with people I don't really know, something as simple as being able to change my gender indicator on my Thai I.D. and my passport...those are things that can now be dreamt into reality. Whereas before, it was something that you couldn't even fathom being a discussion had marriage equality not been passed. It's just a really big deal and I'm happy to see that it's finally happening! ❤️

#marriage equality in thailand #marriage equality #thai politics #lovewins #i tried to explain to the best of *my* knowledge #it doesn't help that i get emotional whenever i talk about this #so #if i got something wrong...please let me know! #hallowqueue 02.04.24

[unknowntumbleuser]

#lovewins #ulzzanggirl #eye #glasgowink #dailylife #iubeste #skatergirl #gaygirl

[werewolf-artfriend]

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#ani told me about a study where they injected deers with androgens and they started growing antlers :o #the molecule in the background is testosterone btw #digital art #animal art #deer #original #gaydeer #lovewins #hehe

[xxyv3]

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#object #object oc #object shows #objectshow #objectsona #osc #inanimate insanity invitational #inanimate insanity #ii oj #ii paper #ii payjay #lovewins #gay #gaymenkissing

[sionnachkymru]

Happy Frigay everybody!!! 🥳🎉🌈 Here’s not one but TWO sexy guys for y’all! Stay safe and have a wonderful weekend! 😘❤️👍

#cute guy #cute guys #hotguys #guys in their underwear #guys in undies #gay #lgbtq #loveislove #frigay #lovewins #guys in underwear #gay men #lovewinsalways #friday #fridayvibes #fridaymood #happy friday #love wins #gaypride #gay guys #lgbtplus #lgbt #lgbtqiia+ #lgbtqplus #love is love is love

[lesbiansgoal]

Art credit: @liberaljane

Digital illustration of two fems holding hands with a lesbian flag wrapped around them. The person on the left has curly brown hair, while the person on the right has blonde hair and vitiligo. Text reads, ‘respect us, or expect us!’

#lesbianvisibilityweek#lgbtq#lesbians#sapphic#queerart#queer#feminist#feminism#art#illustration#lesbianflag#saygay#lesbianvisibilityday#femmes#vitiligo

#lgbt #lesbian #wlw #w4w #glg #lovewins #loveislove

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

#love #loveyou #loveislove #lovewins #inlove #fallinginlove #headsoverheels #relationshipgoals #couplegoals #loveandmarriage #soulmates #foreverandalways #lovestory #truelove

[katiekatdragon27]

CW: Spoliers (Not really, but I don’t wanna get jumped for not having it so here, lol)

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Guys plz watch Showvember Again I cried watching it-

Also, here's a serious-ish drawing for the road, lol. They're calling each other while Popcorn's out of universe hosting Season 2.

Have a great day, fellas. I ain't gonna shut up about the ending of this ep for a long ass time.

#lovewins #its canon guys trust me #malewife housewife is supporting his breadwinner girlhusband good for him #businesses trip moment #koy chats #sorta #hfjone #showvember #aircorn #hfjone airy #popcorn showvember #popcorn #airy #showvember popcorn #hfj airy #airy hfjone #popcorn x airy #katiekatdragon27

[acanthemp3]

#lovewins #enstars #flashing

[korhely21]

Some epiccross content bc why not?

#doodles #fanart #digital art #undertale #cross sans #epic sans #epic x cross #epiccross #lovewins #them <3

[korra-of-the-watertribe]

Happy Pride Month!

#pride #lgbt #pride month #lgbtedit #lgbtsource #dailycolorfulgifs #lovewins #gay rights #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #represenation matters #add more if you want! #pride 2022 #my graphics #representationedit

[sionnachkymru]

Happy Frigay everybody!!! 🥳🎉🌈 Hope everybody has a great weekend! 😉😘😘

#cute guy #cute guys #hotguys #gay #lgbtq #loveislove #guys in their underwear #gay men #lovewins #frigay #lovewinsalways #guys in underwear #friday #fridayvibes #fridaymood #twinks #gay twink #hot twink #twink boys #twink #cute twink #love is love is love #love wins all #gaypride

[muhendis-adam]

The movie 🎥 In from the side

#loveislove #lovewins #gay couple #couple #gay #love #lgbt #couplegoal #goodnight #iyi geceler

[lesbiansgoal]

#wlw #glg #lgbt #lgbtq #lesbian #lovewins

[perpetuallyanhedonic]

my roman empire is that even though i am the monster they warn all of, i would have never done this to you. if i knew something hurts you constantly like this is breaking every bone in my body every single day, i would find a way to make it stop. if i knew the remedy to your suffering was in my hands all along, i would relieve you of your pain. if i were to know that i cause the love of my life, (or so as you claim) such daily dolor and disdain, heartache and heartbreak, i would spend my the rest of our lives repenting at their altar for my sins against them.

and here i leave you crumbs to find, to end this torturous torment of mine. but you will not. and i will shed more tears in the silence of the night in the company of the your namesake, my moon…wishing i had never met you at all.

#daddy issues #dean winchester #eldest daughter #eldest sibling #mommy issues #death depression sad self written #aspd thoughts #destiel #castiel #sibling issues #spn #yearning #canon #lovewins #the soldier #aspd things #cluster b #poetry #the poet #wlw post #roman empire #the moon #poems and poetry #prose poem

[planet-gay-comic]

Monument of Unwavering Love Historical Figures and the Persecution of Their Love

From antiquity to the 20th century, significant individuals who were in homoromantic relationships often faced challenges and criticism. Their stories are testimonials to the courage and resilience in the face of societal hostility.

Hadrian and Antinous: Love Against the Empire The relationship between Roman Emperor Hadrian and his beloved Antinous was a mix of deep affection and public scandal. After the mysterious death of Antinous, Hadrian deified him, which caused discontent among the Roman elite. This worship was not only an act of mourning but also a defiance of the norms of Roman society.

Oscar Wilde: The Price of Truth In Victorian England, the famed writer Oscar Wilde paid a high price for his homosexual relationships. His conviction for "indecent acts" led to a harsh prison sentence that ruined his health and destroyed his career. Wilde's case was a clear signal of the intolerance toward homosexuality during this era.

Alan Turing: A War Hero Betrayed by His Own Country Alan Turing, whose work was crucial to the Allied victory in World War II, was persecuted for his homosexuality. At a time when homosexual acts were illegal in Britain, Turing underwent a medical treatment mandated by the court, which was seen as an alternative to imprisonment, and contributed to his premature death.

Frida Kahlo: An Art Icon in the Gender Norms Crossfire Although Frida Kahlo's bisexual relationships were not the cause of public animosity, she lived in a society where such relationships were considered taboo. Kahlo's self-portraits and works reflect her personal struggles and her courage to challenge the conventional gender roles of her time.

Bayard Rustin: In the Shadow of the Civil Rights Movement As an openly gay man and a key advisor to Martin Luther King Jr., Bayard Rustin often had to put his sexuality behind his work for the civil rights movement in the 1960s USA. Despite his significant contributions, he was attacked by opponents both inside and outside the movement because of his homosexuality.

Leonard Matlovich: A Soldier Against Silence Vietnam War veteran Leonard Matlovich, who appeared on the cover of "Time" magazine, was one of the first to challenge the ban on homosexuality in the U.S. military. His fight against discrimination sparked a national discussion about the role of LGBTQ+ individuals in service.

Base image generated with DALL-E, overworked with SD-1.5/SDXL inpainting, manual editing and composing.

#LGBTQHistory #Pride #UnwaveringLove #CivilRights #HistoricalFigures #LoveWins #LGBTQHeroes #SocialChange #EqualityForAll #gayart #queer #gaylove #gayhistory