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LGBT Rights in Bahamas

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Not legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✖ Unequal

Public opinion polls in particular regions of Bahamas have found that homophobic beliefs persist.

Bahamas Surveys

Feeling towards a gay/lesbian running for office

Showed positive feeling to the idea
Disapprove

Approval of same-sex marriage

74.5%
Strongly disapprove
10%
Approve to a degree

History

Homosexual activity in Bahamas

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Homosexual activity in Bahamas is legal.

Current status
Since 1991
Legal
Legal between consenting adults.
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Same-sex marriage in Bahamas

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Same-sex marriage in Bahamas is not legal.

Current status
Not legal
The Bahamas Marriage Act defines marriage as only being possible between a man and a woman.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Bahamas

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Bahamas is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Bahamas, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Bahamas

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Right to change legal gender in Bahamas is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Not possible under current Constitution.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bahamas

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bahamas is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
Not currently possible to change legal gender, including to non-binary.
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LGBT discrimination in Bahamas

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LGBT discrimination in Bahamas is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections available.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Bahamas

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LGBT employment discrimination in Bahamas is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections available.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Bahamas

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LGBT housing discrimination in Bahamas is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections available.
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Same-sex adoption in Bahamas

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Same-sex adoption in Bahamas is single only.

Current status
Since Oct 6, 2017
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples. Legalization pending.
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Serving openly in military in Bahamas

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Serving openly in military in Bahamas is legal.

Current status
Since May 8, 1998
Legal
President of Bahamas made an announcement in 1998, explicitly supporting LGBTQ+ individuals to serve in the military
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Blood donations by MSMs in Bahamas

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Blood donations by MSMs in Bahamas is legal.

Current status
Legal
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Conversion therapy in Bahamas

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Conversion therapy in Bahamas is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized in the country.
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Equal age of consent in Bahamas

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Equal age of consent in Bahamas is unequal.

Current status
Unequal
Set at 16 years for straight couples, and 18 years for same-sex couples.
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