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The award, which may have reflected Biden’s faith in congressional bipartisanship, cited Simpson’s outspoken advocacy for campaign finance reform and marriage equality.

Cathryn Oakley, senior director of legal policy for the Human Rights Campaign, says that conservatives repurposed their old playbook to scapegoat trans people in the wake of the Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling in 2015.

“Who knows the future of marriage equality?”

The Marriage Equality Act, the first law of its kind in Southeast Asia, redefines marriage as a partnership between two individuals of any gender and grants same-sex couples the legal rights of traditional marriage on issues such as inheritance, adoption and medical benefits.

“We are very happy today, because we have fought for marriage equality for so long,” said Saiaung, 54, who owns a coffee shop with her new wife, Puangphet Hengkham, 39.