A jot stg of both ho of Bhutan’s parliament approved a bill on Thursday to legalize gay sex, makg the ty Himalayan kgdom the latt Asian natn to take steps towards easg rtrictns on same-sex relatnships.
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- BHUTAN BE LATT ASIAN NATN TO DIAL BACK ANTI-GAY LAWS
- GAY TRAVEL TO BHUTAN ADVICE PLEASE... - BHUTAN FOM
- BHUTAN GAYS CELEBRATE AFTER HOMOSEXUALY CRIMALISED
BHUTAN BE LATT ASIAN NATN TO DIAL BACK ANTI-GAY LAWS
Bhutan, which measur progrs wh a 'gross natnal happs' metric, has crimalized gay sex and seen a rise LGBTQ acceptance and activism. * gay marriage in bhutan *
In neighborg India, the Supreme Court stck down one of the world’s olst bans on gay sex 2018.
GAY TRAVEL TO BHUTAN ADVICE PLEASE... - BHUTAN FOM
LGBT Rights Bhutan: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * gay marriage in bhutan *
In Augt, Sgapore crimalized gay sex, although the ernment also spoke of safeguardg marriage as a unn between a man and woman.
BHUTAN GAYS CELEBRATE AFTER HOMOSEXUALY CRIMALISED
While the ernment and media do not monize or disparage gay people, Bhutan is still far om beg a Shangri-La for s gay cizens. * gay marriage in bhutan *
Bhutan’s penal — which clud the ban on gay sex — took effect 2004, four years before the untry held s first electns as part of a transn om absolute monarchy to nstutnal mocracy. ”“It’s all happeng much more quickly than I anticipated, ” said Namgay Zam, the former director of the Journalists’ Assn.
Lawmakers the Himalayan untry voted this week to amend a 2004 law that crimaliz “sexual nduct that is agast the orr of nature,” prevly treated as a reference to gay sex. * gay marriage in bhutan *
She me out to iends on social media when she was 15, and a few months ago announced to her fay she is gay.
* gay marriage in bhutan *
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