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Bhutan lawmakers vote to decriminalize homosexuality 91 Shares THIMPHU, Bhutan – Lawmakers in Bhutan on Thursday voted to amend portions of the country’s Penal Code that have been used to criminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. An OutRight Action International press release says Articles 213 and 214 of the Bhutanese Penal Code “were widely interpreted as prohibiting same-sex relations.” The global LGBTQ advocacy group notes 63 out of 69 members of the Bhutanese Parliament voted for an amendment that states “homosexuality between adults shall not be considered unnatural sex...

Bhutan lawmakers vote to decriminalize homosexuality By : Michael K. Lavers of the Washington Blade, COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL LGBT MEDIA ASSOCIATION December 14, 2020 Share this story: ABOVE: Watermark file photo by Dylan Todd. Lawmakers in Bhutan voted Dec. 10 to amend portions of the country’s Penal Code that have been used to criminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations. An OutRight Action International press release says Articles 213 and 214 of the Bhutanese Penal Code “were widely interpreted as prohibiting same-sex relations.” The global LGBTQ advocacy group notes 63 out of 6...