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- Bhutan’s lower house of parliament has voted to scrap laws criminalising homosexuality.
- The lower house scrapped Sections 213 and 214 of the penal code, which criminalised unnatural sex.However,the amendment is yet to be ratified by the upper House of Parliament.
- Currently,LGBT+ people are not recognised under Bhutanese law and as such aren’t protected from employment or housing discrimination and can’t marry or adopt.
- In 2018,Indian Supreme Court had also decriminalised same-sex relationships by partially striking down the provisions of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code(IPC).
- Section 377 criminalised voluntary carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal.Though the law did not explicitly mention LGBTQI community,the phrase against the order of nature came to be referred for same-sex sexual relations.
- Further,Bhutan which is famous for its gross national happiness index formulates government policy based on the perceived happiness of citizens rather than potential economic development.Bhutan had first held elections in 2008.Before that,it was an absolute monarchy.



