Sean L’Estrange and Chakgai Jermkwan got married 11 years ago in a small ceremony at Cambridge City Hall in the U.S. city of Boston.
Then, the two men flew back to their home in Bangkok, where they run a drag bar together. But once they touched down in the Thai capital, their status changed: in the eyes of the law, they were no longer married as same-sex unions are not recognised in the Southeast Asian nation.
That could be about to change as a bill to legalise gay marriage is expected to come before parliament for deliberation on Thursday.
For L’Estrange, who has U.S. and Irish citizenship, legal recognition would put paid to what he sees as an absurd anomaly. “Can you imagine (U.S.