Compare LGBT Rights in Bhutan & North Korea

Equality Index ?
51 / 100
40 / 100
Legal Index ?
52 / 100
40 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
50 / 100
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Law
Homosexual activityLegal
Since 2021
Legal
Same-sex marriageUnrecognizedBanned
Since 1990
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipState-enforced
Since 2009
Right to change legal genderLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 2019
Legal, but requires surgery
Since 1997
Gender-affirming careRestrictedLegal
Since 1997
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
Hate crime protectionsProtected in some contexts
Since 2015
No protections
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2018
No protections
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionSingle onlySingle only
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryLegalDon't Ask, Don't Tell
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Bathroom accessNo explicit protectionsNo explicit protections
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 2021
Equal
Since 2009
Public Opinion
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