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    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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History

Homosexual activity in Trashi Yangtse

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Homosexual activity in Trashi Yangtse is legal.

Current status
Since Feb 17, 2021
Legal
Same-sex sexual activity was decriminalized in Bhutan on February 17, 2021.
Details
Sources:
www.nab.gov.bt/en/media/vie…
mobile.twitter.com/thebhuta…
thebhutanese.bt/amended-pen…
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Aug 11, 2004–Feb 17, 2021
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Offence of "unnatural" sex is considered a petty misdemeanor in article 213 & 214.
Details
Sources:
www.judiciary.gov.bt/html/a…
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Same-sex marriage in Trashi Yangtse

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Same-sex marriage in Trashi Yangtse is unrecognized.

Current status
Since Aug 11, 2004
Unrecognized
Proposed on Legalizing Gay marriage by the King of Bhutan.
Details
Sources:
www.samesexrelationshipguid…
www.bbs.bt/news/?p=30953
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Trashi Yangtse

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Trashi Yangtse is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Bhutan, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Trashi Yangtse

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Right to change legal gender in Trashi Yangtse 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.
Details
Sources:
www.nationalgeographic.com/…
database.ilga.org/bhutan-lgbti
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Gender-affirming care in Trashi Yangtse

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Gender-affirming care in Trashi Yangtse is restricted.

Current status
Restricted
There is no explicit right for trans people to access gender-affirming care in Bhutan.
Details
Sources:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ar…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Trashi Yangtse

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Trashi Yangtse is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
No legal recognition.
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/bhutan-lgbti
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LGBT discrimination in Trashi Yangtse

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LGBT discrimination in Trashi Yangtse is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protection exists for sexual orientation and gender identity under the current constitution.
Details
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2018042…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Trashi Yangtse

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LGBT employment discrimination in Trashi Yangtse is no protections.

Current status
No protections
There are no laws in Bhutan protecting LGBT people from employment discrimination.
Details
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2018042…
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LGBT housing discrimination in Trashi Yangtse

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LGBT housing discrimination in Trashi Yangtse is no protections.

Current status
No protections
There are no laws in Bhutan protecting LGBT people from housing discrimination.
Details
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2018042…
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Same-sex adoption in Trashi Yangtse

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Same-sex adoption in Trashi Yangtse is single only.

Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
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Intersex infant surgery in Trashi Yangtse

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Intersex infant surgery in Trashi Yangtse is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Trashi Yangtse

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Serving openly in military in Trashi Yangtse is legal.

Current status
Legal
No laws restricting or discharging of lgbt people. As well very little discrimination and violence.
Details
Sources:
www.gaystarnews.com/article…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Trashi Yangtse

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Blood donations by MSMs in Trashi Yangtse is legal.

Current status
Legal
There are no blood donation restrictions for MSMs in Bhutan.
Details
Sources:
bloodsafety.gov.bt/donating…
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Conversion therapy in Trashi Yangtse

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Conversion therapy in Trashi Yangtse is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Unknown.
Details
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILG…
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Equal age of consent in Trashi Yangtse

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Equal age of consent in Trashi Yangtse is equal.

Current status
Since Feb 17, 2021
Equal
The Penal Code Amendment Act of Bhutan 2021 decriminalised homosexual activity. The age of consent for all people is 18.
Details
Sources:
parliament.bt/penal-code-am…
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Until Feb 17, 2021
N/A
Until February of 2021, homosexual sex was illegal, so there was no age of consent.
Details
Sources:
parliament.bt/penal-code-am…
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Legal Rights
53 / 100
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