Hey Big Mango reviews Novotel Suites Sukhumit, and interviews 3 ladyboys

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This is a new Youtube Channel called Hey Big Mango - hosted by an Argentinian ex-pat who has lived in Thailand for a while. In this first video, he reviews Novotel Suites and then interviews 3 ladyboys, Millie, Cheryl (who has also spent time in USA), and Yoshi (yes, Nong- Yoshi - Miss Tiffany 2017). While they didn't really chat that much, some interesting points were discussed.

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Things have changed with marriage...In June 2022, the lower house approved two bills that would allow same-sex marriages and two others that would permit civil partnerships.

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Things have changed with marriage...In June 2022, the lower house approved two bills that would allow same-sex marriages and two others that would permit civil partnerships.

Unfortunately that was only the first step - the bills still needed further readings and votes to fully enact these laws. The recent election resets this all again, and the process will have to start over again. This is the 3rd time this has happened to these proposals.

As published by Apcom.org - What's happening with Thailand's Marriage Equality Bill?

Some highlights from the discussion were:

• The Marriage Equality Bill consideration has been completed at the committee level waiting for the council to vote on agenda 2 and 3. The challenge is the possibility of the dissolution of the parliament by March which will affect this bill. The meeting therefore decided to push for consideration to be completed in February 2023.
• Even though, at present, there are 2 bills including the Civil Partnership Bill and Marriage Equality Bill, the public sector has expressed their intention that they only want the Marriage Equality Bill to demonstrate their standpoint of true human rights equality.
• For the consideration of the Bill in February 2023, the meeting was of the opinion that there should be advocacy in various forms from all sectors, for instance:
  • Submitting a letter to the President of the National Assembly to bring the Marriage Equality Bill to consideration promptly.
  • Seeking cooperation from each political party to ensure that as many MPs as possible attend the meeting in order to achieve the quorum requirements to have sufficient votes to debate the proposed legislation.
  • The civil society and public sector, together must voice our clear stance in favors of the Marriage Equality Bill through sharing stories, opinions through various channels
  • The media sector should help to spread the stories regarding the movement to a wider range of people
  • The business sector must be sincere in their support to campaign activities in regard to the Marriage Equality Bill throughout the year, not only during the Pride Month in June.
  • Additionally, there might be further diplomatic routes for persuading all eight UN member states who submit their opinions on Thailand’s human rights practices (UPR) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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It's moving along 😁