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| Region | Bhutan |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
| Start Date | Aug 11, 2004 |
| End Date | Feb 16, 2021 |
| Description | Article 213 of Bhutan’s 2004 Penal Code criminalized “unnatural sex” which was defined as “sodomy or any other sexual conduct that is against the order of nature.” Article 214 stated that the offence of unnatural sex was a petty misdemeanor, which provided a maximum prison sentence of less than one year and a minimum term of one month. |
| Sources | https://www.asianlii.org/bt/legis/laws/pcob2004145/ |
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edited by Unknownmiles. Rewriting description and replacing link
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| Description | Offence of "unnatural" sex is considered a petty misdemeanor in article 213 & 214. | Article 213 of Bhutan’s 2004 Penal Code criminalized “unnatural sex” which was defined as “sodomy or any other sexual conduct that is against the order of nature.” Article 214 stated that the offence of unnatural sex was a petty misdemeanor, which provided a maximum prison sentence of less than one year and a minimum term of one month. |
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| Sources | http://www.judiciary.gov.bt/html/act/PENAL%20CODE.pdf | https://www.asianlii.org/bt/legis/laws/pcob2004145/ |
edited by jadeywadey. fixed a minor date clash
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| End Date | Feb 17, 2021 | Feb 16, 2021 |
| Description | Offence of "unnatural" sex is considered a petty misdemeanor in article 213 & 214. | Offence of "unnatural" sex is considered a petty misdemeanor in article 213 & 214. |
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| Description | Offence of "unnatural" sex is considered a petty misdemeanour in article 213 & 214 | Offence of "unnatural" sex is considered a petty misdemeanor in article 213 & 214. |
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Reports (17)
- Status is not correct "decriminalised"
- Status is not correct "Same-sex sexual activity was decriminalised in February 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Bhutan"
- Status is not correct "Same-sex sexual activity in Bhutan is decriminalized since February 2021. In December 2020, Bhutan's parliament passed the bill with 63 votes in favor and 6 abstentions in the joint sitting, legalizing same-sex sexual activity, which was later signed into law by the king and came into force on 17 February 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Bhutan#Decriminalisation_process"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "homosexuality in bhutan has been legal since this year (2021) "
- Status is not correct "Parliament decriminalized same-sex sexual activity in December 2020."
- Status is not correct "Bhutan legalized/Decriminalized it in December 2020"
- Status is not correct "Bhutan legalized it in 2020"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "Bhutan decriminalized homosexuality in 2020"
- Status is not correct
- Newer law has been passed "Lawmakers in Bhutan voted this week to amend a 2004 law that criminalizes “sexual conduct that is against the order of nature,” previously treated as a reference to gay sex
Sources:https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/12/12/world/asia/bhutan-decriminalizes-gay.amp.html
https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2020/december/20201214_bhutan-law"
- Status is not correct "Recently Sec 213 and 214 has been repealed and the new bill has decriminalized homosexuality."
- Newer law has been passed "Pending upper house passing"
- Status is not correct "in 2018 homosexuality has beeb decriminalized"
- Status is not correct "Though theoretically outlawed, homosexuality is widely tolerated in practice. No one is arrested under this article for homosexuality."
- Status is not correct "i have a gay friend and he is in the open. what is this nonsense about imprisonment"