Inkulumbuso yaseThailand uSrettha Thavisin ubhengeze ukuba uza kwazisa umthetho oyilwayo wokulingana kwemitshato oza kusemthethweni ukutshata kwabantu besini esifanayo kweli lizwe, kwaye ikhabhinethi yakhe izakuxoxa ngalo mthetho kwiveki ezayo.
Ukuba umthetho oyilwayo ufumana imvume yekhabhinethi, uya kuziswa phambi kwepalamente yaseThai ngoDisemba, isithethi seNkulumbuso satsho.
Ukuba umthetho oyilwayo uyapasisa indlu yowiso-mthetho kwaye ube ngumthetho, Thayilendi yayiza kuba lilizwe lokuqala kuMzantsi-mpuma Asia ukuba ngokusemthethweni imitshato gay.
Akukho namnye kummelwane waseThailand owuqaphelayo umtshato we-gay okanye umanyano, ubufanasini bunesohlwayo sokuvalelwa entolongweni eMalaysia naseMyanmar.
Umthetho oyilwayo wokulingana kwemitshato ocetyiswe yinkulumbuso yaseThailand kusenokwenzeka ukuba ujongane nenkcaso encinci epalamente. Umbutho we-11 we-Thavisin uxhasa umthetho, njengoko kwenza inkokheli ephikisayo u-Pita Limjaroenrat umbutho wamaqela asibhozo, owathembisa ukuzisa ibhilikhi efanayo emva kokuphumelela izihlalo ezininzi kulo khetho lukaMeyi, kodwa ehluleka ukwenza urhulumente.
I-Thailand inenkcubeko ekhulayo yama-gay, nangona kunjalo, imithetho yelizwe ingqongqo, kwaye ayiqapheli imitshato yabantu besini esifanayo okanye imanyano yoluntu.
Ngamazwe amabini kuphela kwi-Asia yonke - iTaiwan neNepal - anika izibini ezithandana nabantu abathandana nabo amalungelo asemthethweni afana nalawo athandana nesini esahlukileyo.
"Ndiyibona le (ibhili) njengento ebalulekileyo ukuze uluntu lulingane ngakumbi," u-PM Thavisin wachaza, wongeza ukuba uya kwazisa kwakhona imimiselo emibini yomthetho; enye ivumela abantu abatshintshe isini ukuba batshintshe isini sabo kumaxwebhu asemthethweni, kunye nokuthengisa ngomzimba ngokusemthethweni.
Okwangoku, ukuthengisa ngomzimba akukho mthethweni eThailand, nangona isondo sithengiswa ngokuvulekileyo kwimivalo yaseThai kunye needonsa zabakhenkethi; kwaye urhulumente akaluqapheli utshintsho lwezesondo, nangona bephantse babe ngama-315,000 abantu abatshintshe isini elizweni.
Ngomboniso walo nyaka we-Bangkok Pride utsalela ngaphezulu kwabathathi-nxaxheba abangama-50,000, inkulumbuso yaseThai ikwathe iza kuphembelela iThailand ukuba isingathe umnyhadala we-World Pride ka-2028.
