TO GO WITH: Thailand-politics-LGBTQ-law, FOCUS by Watsamon TRI-YASAKDA AND Montira RUNGJIRAJITTRANON
This photo taken on February 4, 2024 shows Thai fashion buyer Jesselyn Nakprasit, also known as "Jessie", getting dressed before the Miss Tiffany’s Universe 2024 beauty pageant for Thai transgender women, in the coastal Thai city of Pattaya. LGBTQ activists won a major victory when Thai lawmakers passed a bill that should see same-sex marriages become legal in 2024 -- a first for Southeast Asia. Now campaigners are hoping to push the government to allow trans men and women to have their gender recognised in official paperwork. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) / TO GO WITH: Thailand-politics-LGBTQ-law, FOCUS by Watsamon TRI-YASAKDA AND Montira RUNGJIRAJITTRANON