Current Version
| Region | Bahamas |
| Issue | Serving openly in military |
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | Aug 2, 1991 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | The Prime Minister of the Bahamas made an announcement in 1998, explicitly supporting LGBTQ+ individuals to serve in the military. |
| Sources | http://www.palmcenter.org/research/nations%20allowing%20service%20by%20openly%20gay%20people http://www.gaytoday.com/garchive/world/050898wo.htm http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/world/caribbean.htm https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/BS%20-%20LEG%20-%20Sexual%20Offences%20Act%20(1989)%20-%20OR-OFF(en).pdf |
Revision History (3)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding start date. Also the Bahamas is a monarchy so not sure who that President is.
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| Start Date | (unknown) | Aug 2, 1991 |
| Description | President of Bahamas made an announcement in 1998, explicitly supporting LGBTQ+ individuals to serve in the military. | The Prime Minister of the Bahamas made an announcement in 1998, explicitly supporting LGBTQ+ individuals to serve in the military. |
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| Sources | http://www.palmcenter.org/research/nations%20allowing%20service%20by%20openly%20gay%20people http://www.gaytoday.com/garchive/world/050898wo.htm | http://www.palmcenter.org/research/nations%20allowing%20service%20by%20openly%20gay%20people http://www.gaytoday.com/garchive/world/050898wo.htm http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/world/caribbean.htm https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/BS%20-%20LEG%20-%20Sexual%20Offences%20Act%20(1989)%20-%20OR-OFF(en).pdf |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Never was banned. He just made that clear really.
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| Start Date | May 8, 1998 | (unknown) |
| Description | President of Bahamas made an announcement in 1998, explicitly supporting LGBTQ+ individuals to serve in the military | President of Bahamas made an announcement in 1998, explicitly supporting LGBTQ+ individuals to serve in the military. |
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| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | May 8, 1998 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | President of Bahamas made an announcement in 1998, explicitly supporting LGBTQ+ individuals to serve in the military |
| Sources | http://www.palmcenter.org/research/nations%20allowing%20service%20by%20openly%20gay%20people http://www.gaytoday.com/garchive/world/050898wo.htm |
Reports (3)
- Note field is incorrect "The Bahamas has never had a president."
- Other "The Bahamas does not have a president which makes this statement rather suspect."
- Status is not correct "I am a gay Bahamian and ashamed that it is illegal to be gay in the Bahamas.
You can be put in prison for being openly gay!
There are absolutely no rights protecting Homosexuality in the Bahamas! "