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| Region | Bahrain |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Male illegal, female legal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Mar 20, 1976 |
| Description | In Bahrain, before 1976 homosexual activity between two consexual adult men was officially illegal under the british colonial-era penal codes as the code was heavily modeled after other British colonial statues, like the Indian Penal Code's Section 377. It explicitly criminalized "carnal intercourse against the order of nature", drawing a definitive legal target on gay men and sodomy while lesbians was ignored making them legal. |
| Sources | https://outrightinternational.org/our-work/southwest-asia-and-north-africa/bahrain |
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| Status | Male illegal, female legal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Mar 20, 1976 |
| Description | In Bahrain, before 1976 homosexual activity between two consexual adult men was officially illegal under the british colonial-era penal codes as the code was heavily modeled after other British colonial statues, like the Indian Penal Code's Section 377. It explicitly criminalized "carnal intercourse against the order of nature", drawing a definitive legal target on gay men and sodomy while lesbians was ignored making them legal. |
| Sources | https://outrightinternational.org/our-work/southwest-asia-and-north-africa/bahrain |