Ha is governed by federal Bhutan law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- Unknown
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Ha is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
Proposed on Legalizing Gay marriage by the King of Bhutan.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Ha is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Bhutan, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Ha is legal, but requires medical diagnosis.
Current status
Since 2019
Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
Trans people can change their legal gender if they have a psychiatrist's certificate confirming gender dysphoria and a support letter from a civil society organization.
Gender-affirming care in Ha is restricted.
Current status
Restricted
There is no explicit right for trans people to access gender-affirming care in Bhutan.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ha is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
No legal recognition.
LGBT discrimination in Ha is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since 2018
Illegal in some contexts
The Information, Communications and Media Act of Bhutan (2018) protects sexual orientation as “Sensitive Personal Data or Information”.
Section 8.2(i) of the Bhutan Filming Regulation 2025, reads: "The tone and content of programming shall not in any way incite discrimination, hatred or violence against any individual or identifiable group based on race, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital or family status, or political affiliation."
Section 8.2(i) of the Bhutan Filming Regulation 2025, reads: "The tone and content of programming shall not in any way incite discrimination, hatred or violence against any individual or identifiable group based on race, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital or family status, or political affiliation."
LGBT employment discrimination in Ha is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There are no laws in Bhutan protecting LGBT people from employment discrimination.
LGBT housing discrimination in Ha is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There are no laws in Bhutan protecting LGBT people from housing discrimination.
Blood donations by MSMs in Ha is legal.
Current status
Legal
There are no blood donation restrictions for MSMs in Bhutan.
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Alternative names: Ha, Haa