Bhutan's lower house of 議会 投票（する）s to decriminalise homosexuality
By Alasdair Pal
NEW DELHI, June 7 (Reuters) - Bhutan's lower house of 議会 投票（する）d on Friday to 捨てる 法律s criminalising homosexuality, 地元の マスコミ and 行動主義者s said, becoming the 最新の Asian nation to take steps に向かって 緩和 制限s on same-sex 関係s.
The 改正 to the 刑法 passed the 44-member 国家の 議会 with just a 選び出す／独身 dissenting 投票（する）, the 地元の newspapers Kuensel and The Bhutanese 報告（する）／憶測d.
Scrapping Sections 213 and 214 of the code, criminalising "unnatural sex" - 広範囲にわたって read as homosexuality - still needs to be 批准するd by Bhutan's upper house, the 国家の 会議, to become 法律. 権利s groups are 確信して they have the support of 国会議員s there.
"The biggest advantage we have with our 現在の 政府 is that they have already worked with us and they are 井戸／弁護士席 aware of our 問題／発行するs," Tashi Tsheten, the director of LGBT+ 行動主義者 group Rainbow Bhutan told Reuters. "This is our first 旅行 に向かって equality."
Bhutan's 決定／判定勝ち（する） comes after several other Asian countries have scrapped 法律s 制限するing the 権利s of LGBT+ people.
India 除去するd a centuries-old 植民地の 禁止 on gay sex in September 2018. Last month, Taiwan became the first Asian 領土 to legalise same-sex marriage. Many people in Asia, though, still 直面する 迫害 for their sexuality.
Bhutan, famous for its "甚だしい／１２ダース 国家の happiness" 索引, that 明確に表すs 政府 政策 based on the perceived happiness of 国民s rather than 可能性のある 経済的な 開発, first held 選挙s in 2008. Before that, it was an 絶対の 君主国. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Alasdair Pal; editing by ツバメ Howell, Larry King)
