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Bhutanese society
![Bhutan’s Lawmakers Urged to Decriminalize Homosexuality Bhutan’s Lawmakers Urged to Decriminalize Homosexuality](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-01-21.jpeg)
Bhutan’s Lawmakers Urged to Decriminalize Homosexuality
By StoriesAsia
Bhutan’s upper house of parliament is set to deliberate a bill that could decriminalize homosexuality in the country.
![Why Bhutan’s ‘Blood Tax‘ Needs To Be Scrapped Why Bhutan’s ‘Blood Tax‘ Needs To Be Scrapped](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-thimphu.jpg)
Why Bhutan’s ‘Blood Tax‘ Needs To Be Scrapped
By Namgay Zam
Bhutan’s regressive taxation of women’s sanitary products needs to go.
![Bhutan: The Mental State of the Happy Kingdom Bhutan: The Mental State of the Happy Kingdom](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-5438968407_4ca419b42b_b.jpg)
Bhutan: The Mental State of the Happy Kingdom
By Namgay Zam
In Bhutan, mental illness continues to be stigmatized and there is barely a national conversation on the issue.
![When Freedom of Expression Isn't Free: Journalism, Facebook, and Censorship in Bhutan When Freedom of Expression Isn't Free: Journalism, Facebook, and Censorship in Bhutan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-5438968407_4ca419b42b_b.jpg)
When Freedom of Expression Isn't Free: Journalism, Facebook, and Censorship in Bhutan
By Namgay Zam
Can free expression and journalistic freedoms thrive in Bhutan?
![A Journalist Takes on Bhutan's Top Judge, Sparking National Reflection on Democracy A Journalist Takes on Bhutan's Top Judge, Sparking National Reflection on Democracy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-10-19_22-50-10.jpg)
A Journalist Takes on Bhutan's Top Judge, Sparking National Reflection on Democracy
By Vishal Arora
Namgay Zam’s complaint against the country’s Chief Justice is emblematic of a larger struggle.
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