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.

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.

Hundreds of same-sex couples are expected to tie the knot across Thailand on Thursday as the country becomes the first in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.