Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand began making their wedded status legal Thursday, the first day a law took effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples.

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand are expected to make their wedded status legal on the first day a law takes effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples

More than a thousand LGBTQ couples across the country will marry as same-sex unions become legal in the country One of Thursday's biggest events is happening at a luxury mall in central Bangkok, where more than 100 couples will marry The first few couples have got their marriage certificates - a piece of paper that the Thai LGBTQ community says they have had to fight long and hard for.

Tommy Walker speaks to LGBT+ couples in Bangkok – many who have been together for decades – as the country’s historic marriage equality law comes into force