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Chapters: LGBT rights in Thailand, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 13. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Thailand may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity are legal in Thailand, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-sex couples. Sodomy was decriminalized in Thailand in 1956. The age of consent is sixteen. Many of the legal reforms that benefit LGBT Thais have come out within the early part of the twenty-first century. In 2002, the Thai Ministry of Health publicly declared that homosexuality was no longer to be regarded as a mental illness or disorder. In 2005, the Thai armed forces lifted its ban on LGBT serving in the military. Prior to this reform, LGBT people were exempted as suffering from a |mental disorder| law of 1954. In 2007, the Thai government broadened the definition of a sexual assault or rape victim to include women and men The government also prohibited marital rape, with the law stipulating that women or men can be victims. In May 2009, the Thai red cross banned gay men and homosexuals from being blood donors. There are no hate crime or civil rights laws that include LGBT people. Some non-governmental Buddhist laws prohibit openly gay men from entering monkhood. However, Transsexuals (known as Kathoey) are imbued in Thai culture via television, and cabaret shows, such as the Alcazar Theatre in Pattaya. None of the previous Thai constitutions expressly dealt with sexual orientation or gender identity. Natee Theerarojnapong, government's human rights commission, and Anjana Suvarnananda, lesbian rights advocate, both campaigned unsuccessfully for inclusi...http: //booksllc.net/?id=4227607

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