Paro 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
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Paro is unrecognized.
Current status
Since Aug 11, 2004
Unrecognized
Proposed on Legalizing Gay marriage by the King of Bhutan.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Paro 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 Paro is legal, but requires medical diagnosis.
Current status
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 Paro 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 Paro is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
No legal recognition.
LGBT discrimination in Paro is no protections.
Current status
No protections
No protection exists for sexual orientation and gender identity under the current constitution.
LGBT employment discrimination in Paro is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There are no laws in Bhutan protecting LGBT people from employment discrimination.
LGBT housing discrimination in Paro is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There are no laws in Bhutan protecting LGBT people from housing discrimination.
Same-sex adoption in Paro is single only.
Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
Serving openly in military in Paro is legal.
Current status
Legal
No laws restricting or discharging of lgbt people. As well very little discrimination and violence.
Blood donations by MSMs in Paro is legal.
Current status
Legal
There are no blood donation restrictions for MSMs in Bhutan.
Conversion therapy in Paro is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Unknown.
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Alternative names: Paro, Rinpung