Tashi Choden's mother, Kinley Wangmo, ran a business in Wangdue Phodrang, and her father, Chombal, was a businessman from the Kham region of Tibet .
[4] Tashi Choden attended elementary and middle schools in Wangdue Phodrang and neighboring Paro District (most recently Utpal Academy there).
An addition to the relevant paragraph exempted adult homosexuality from the criminal offense of unnatural sexual intercourse, and the change became effective on February 17, 2021.
[10] Her selection as Miss Bhutan the following year was considered a remarkable step in view of the generally religious and conservative society of the isolated state and was also recognized as such internationally.
On June 9, 2022, Tashi Choden spoke at a special edition of the United Nations - sponsored Bhutan Dialogues forum at Paro College of Education on Reckoning with Gender and Sexual Diversity.