- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
Public Opinion
Surveys in Bahrain have revealed a prevalence of resistance towards LGBTQ+ rights, but please note that is based on a small number of surveys available in Bahrain.
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Homosexual activity in Bahrain is legal.
However there has been documented cases of arrests being made towards homosexual people on virtue of them being homosexuals
Same-sex marriage in Bahrain is banned.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Bahrain is state-enforced.
Right to change legal gender in Bahrain is illegal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bahrain is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Bahrain is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Bahrain is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Bahrain is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Bahrain is illegal.
Serving openly in military in Bahrain is unknown.
Blood donations by MSMs in Bahrain is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in Bahrain is not banned.
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