- Homosexuality⚢Ambiguous
- Marriage⚭✖ Not legal
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, surgery not required
- AdoptionN/A
- Discrimination✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination✖ No protections
- Military✔ Legal
- Donating Blood✔ Legal
- Age of Consent✖ Unequal
- Conversion Therapy✖ Not banned
History
Current status
(since Mar 20, 1976)
(since Mar 20, 1976)
Ambiguous
Bahrain may consider homosexuality as "immoral", although homosexual activity is not explicitly illegal.
However there has been documented cases of arrests being made towards homosexual people on virtue of them being homosexuals
However there has been documented cases of arrests being made towards homosexual people on virtue of them being homosexuals
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Surgery is preformed but not required and changing of documents.
Current status
N/A
According to The Ministry of Islamic and Justice Affairs, adoption is not possible in Bahrain.
Current status
(since Mar 20, 1976)
(since Mar 20, 1976)
No protections
None are in the criminal code. Discrimination protections pending.
Current status
(since Mar 20, 1976)
(since Mar 20, 1976)
No protections
No
Current status
(since Mar 20, 1976)
(since Mar 20, 1976)
No protections
No
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Alternative names: Al-Bahrayn (local name)
