Bhutan — Indice du Voyage Gay 2026

Name: Bhutan — Gay Travel Index 2026
Creator: GayOut
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49/100

Prudence conseillée #87 of 207

Score = Juridique 40/60 + Scène 9/40 = 49/100 · thin scene coverage — legal-weighted provisional score

Updated 7 Oct 2026 · release 2026.3.

A live score, not an annual report — it recomputes as laws, rulings and the scene itself change. See what moved in 2026.

Sécurité juridique · Legal milestones · La scène sur place · Planifiez votre voyage · Questions fréquentes

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Sécurité juridique — 40/60 points

Criminalisation	Legal (2021)
Partenariat	● Non not recognised
Anti-discrimination	● Non
Reconnaissance du genre	Legal route — recognition possible via medical or administrative process
Application dans les faits	Calm — no active persecution documented

Research note: Psychiatrist certificate route; decriminalized 2021; no persecution — GayOut Index 2026.3 legal research (ILGA World / Human Dignity Trust / Rainbow Europe / Equaldex).

Legal composite, five components

Fulfilment per component (100 = maximum). Weights: criminalisation 35% · partnership 20% · enforcement 20% · anti-discrimination 15% · gender recognition 10%.

Legal milestones

Background, not travel advice — how the current status came to be. For planning a trip, rely on the current score, tier and scene sections above; 2026 movements are tracked in the sourced change log.

2004The Penal Code criminalized "unnatural sex", exposing consensual same-sex intimacy to up to one year's imprisonment. ↗
2019The National Assembly voted overwhelmingly to repeal the provisions criminalizing same-sex relations. ↗
2020A joint sitting of Parliament passed the decriminalization bill with 63 votes in favor and none against. ↗
2021The King signed the bill into law in February, formally decriminalizing same-sex relations. ↗
TodaySame-sex relations were legal, though marriage remained unrecognized and comprehensive anti-discrimination laws were still absent. ↗

Sources: ILGA World · Human Dignity Trust · Equaldex. Each milestone links to a reference source ↗.

La scène sur place — 9/40 points

Lieux LGBTQ+ répertoriés

Bars gay

Saunas gay

Villes avec une scène

Marches des fiertés

Festivals de cinéma queer

Detailed scene metrics (for researchers)

Bars gay par million	—
Saunas par million	—
Événements par million	—
Niveau de couverture	A
Score de la scène	9/40 (indice brut de la scène 23/100)

Questions fréquentes

Bhutan est-il une destination sûre pour les voyageurs gays ?

Bhutan is rated Some caution on the GayOut Gay Travel Index 2026, scoring 49/100 overall with a legal safety component of 40/60. On enforcement reality, no active persecution is documented.

Le mariage entre personnes de même sexe est-il légal en Bhutan ?

No. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Bhutan. Overall legal status: Legal (2021).

Y a-t-il une scène gay en Bhutan ?

Bhutan has a limited documented gay scene: GayOut lists 9 LGBTQ+ venues, including 0 dedicated gay bars.