Thailand’s LGBTQ+ community has fought for decades for the right to equal marriage, and on Thursday 878 district offices across the country opened their doors to same-sex couples who wished to register and get married. It has made Thailand the first country in south-east Asia to recognise equal marriage, and only the third in Asia, behind Taiwan and Nepal

• ‘I am so proud’: Joy as Thailand’s same-sex couples can at last get married

• Thai same-sex marriage law comes into force – in pictures

Thailand has become the first country in south-east Asia to hold legal same-sex weddings, with LGBTQ+ groups aiming to mark the occasion with more than 1,000 marriage registrations in a single day

• ‘I am so proud’: Joy as Thailand’s same-sex couples can at last get married