Constitutional Protection
None of the previous Thai constitutions expressly dealt with sexual orientation or gender identity. Natee Theerarojnapong, government's human rights commission, and Anjana Suvarnananda, lesbian rights advocate, both campaigned unsuccessfully for inclusion of "sexual identity" in the Interim Constitution of 2006 as well as the formally adopted Constitution of 2007.
The Constitution of 2007 does have a broad prohibition against "unfair" discrimination based on "personal status" and promises to respect various civil liberties in accordance with "State security" and "public morality".
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