Current Version
| Region | Bhutan |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
| Start Date | Aug 11, 2004 |
| End Date | Feb 17, 2021 |
| Description | Offence of "unnatural" sex is considered a petty misdemeanor in article 213 & 214. |
| Sources | http://www.judiciary.gov.bt/html/act/PENAL%20CODE.pdf |
Revision History (3)
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Offence of "unnatural" sex is considered a petty misdemeanour in article 213 & 214 | Offence of "unnatural" sex is considered a petty misdemeanor in article 213 & 214. |
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Reports (17)
- Status is not correct "decriminalised"
- Status is not correct "Same-sex sexual activity was decriminalised in February 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Bhutan"
- Status is not correct "Same-sex sexual activity in Bhutan is decriminalized since February 2021. In December 2020, Bhutan's parliament passed the bill with 63 votes in favor and 6 abstentions in the joint sitting, legalizing same-sex sexual activity, which was later signed into law by the king and came into force on 17 February 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Bhutan#Decriminalisation_process"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "homosexuality in bhutan has been legal since this year (2021) "
- Status is not correct "Parliament decriminalized same-sex sexual activity in December 2020."
- Status is not correct "Bhutan legalized/Decriminalized it in December 2020"
- Status is not correct "Bhutan legalized it in 2020"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "Bhutan decriminalized homosexuality in 2020"
- Status is not correct
- Newer law has been passed "Lawmakers in Bhutan voted this week to amend a 2004 law that criminalizes “sexual conduct that is against the order of nature,” previously treated as a reference to gay sex
Sources:https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/12/12/world/asia/bhutan-decriminalizes-gay.amp.html
https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2020/december/20201214_bhutan-law"
- Status is not correct "Recently Sec 213 and 214 has been repealed and the new bill has decriminalized homosexuality."
- Newer law has been passed "Pending upper house passing"
- Status is not correct "in 2018 homosexuality has beeb decriminalized"
- Status is not correct "Though theoretically outlawed, homosexuality is widely tolerated in practice. No one is arrested under this article for homosexuality."
- Status is not correct "i have a gay friend and he is in the open. what is this nonsense about imprisonment"