Social Movements of Pride Parade in Thailand Social Movements of Pride Parade in Thailand

Abstract

The academic article on the Pride parade movement in Thailand presents the demands of the LGBTQ+ community, particularly regarding self-disclosure and societal attitudes toward diverse sexualities in Thai society. These demands are accompanied by personal freedoms concerning social life, work, personal relationships, and legal rights. Consequently, the Pride parade movement has developed into a form of activism that raises public awareness and carries significant political implications. The authors thus begin by studying the history of the Pride movement in Western countries, exploring its origins and the evolution of its activism, especially as the demands for LGBTQ+ rights in the west began to achieve success in a truly flourishing democracy. However showed that Pride parades in Thailand are a new type of movement with a clear goal of ideology to drive the rights of diverse genders in Thai society, such as the Pride Parades in Bangkok, Phuket, Khon Kaen, Chiang Mai, etc. Within the Pride Parade movement, there are both marching styles. Fantasy costume Opening the academic forum Demanding rights and equality laws show exhibition Show local culture or for society to accept gender equality spaces. The leaders of these movements mostly coming from civil society and other sectors, they are trying to change society and negotiate state power and rights that they should have as citizens of a democratic government, similar to the Pride movement. western parade.

The study results that the Pride parade movement in Thailand employs a non-violent and conciliatory approach in its activism. The movement often utilizes symbolic forms of protest and, at times, adopts a negotiating stance towards state power by exerting pressure through legal demands. Additionally, it aims to raise awareness about sexual rights, encouraging Thai society to recognize and accept diverse identities as part of humanity, thereby fostering public acceptance of different sexual orientations.