Kunchanok Khantiphong and Edward Jonathan Caiga were at work when Thailand's Senate voted to allow same-sex marriages on a June afternoon.

This change will make Thailand the third place in Asia to allow same-sex marriage after Nepal, where the community were brutally suppressed before same sex marriage was eventually protected in law, and also Taiwan which became the first Asian country to vote for same sex marriage in 2019.

Thailand has legalized same-sex marriage, becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to do so. The landmark bill, which received royal endorsement from King Maha Vajiralongkorn, will come into effect in 120 days,