Thailand - Tailandia
- Name: Thailand - Tailandia
- Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma
- Initials: TH
- Time: GMT +7
- International Country Code: +66
- International Access Code: 00
- Language: Thai/Tailandés
- Currency: 1 Baht (฿) (THB) = 100 Satangs
- Population: 66,720,153
- Capital: Bangkok
- Religions: 94,6% Buddhist
- Climate: Tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid
- Gay cities: Phuket
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Sodomy was decriminalized in Thailand in 1956.the Age Of Consent in Thailand is complex, and its not simply sixteen. The Thai authorities consider 18 the age consent and do prosecute any adult having sex with under 18s as having sex with a minor..
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 men who have sex with men (MSM) from being blood donors.
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La sodomía fue despenalizada en Tailandia en 1956.
La edad de consentimiento es de dieciséis años.
Muchas de las reformas legales que se benefician LGBT tailandeses han salido en la primera parte del siglo XXI.
En 2002, el Ministerio de Salud de Tailandia declaró públicamente que la homosexualidad ya no era para ser considerada como una enfermedad o trastorno mental.
En 2005, las Fuerzas Armadas de Tailandia levantó la prohibición de LGBT en el servicio militar. Antes de esta reforma, las personas LGBT están exentos de padecer un "trastorno mental" la ley de 1954.
En 2007, el gobierno tailandés ha ampliado la definición de un asalto sexual o víctima de violación para incluir a mujeres y hombres. El gobierno también prohíbe la violación marital, con la ley que estipula que las mujeres o los hombres pueden ser víctimas.
En mayo de 2009, el Cruz Rojo tailandes prohibido a los hombres que tienen sexo con hombres (HSH) de ser donantes de sangre.
Source / Fuente: Wikipedia LGBT rights in Thailand
