- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- Ambiguous
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- Ambiguous
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Suggest Public Opinion Data
By The Numbers
42%
Of Bahraini people said that homosexuality is not justifiable.
18%
Of Bahraini people doesn't want to live next to homosexual neighbors
(World Values Survey, 2011)
History
Homosexual activity in Bahrain is legal.
Current status
Since Mar 20, 1976
Since Mar 20, 1976
Legal
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
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Bahrain is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
In Bahrain there are sometimes censorship as some movies or films containing LGBT content is banned.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bahrain is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Bahrain is no protections.
Current status
Since Mar 20, 1976
Since Mar 20, 1976
No protections
None are in the criminal code.
LGBT employment discrimination in Bahrain is no protections.
Current status
Since Mar 20, 1976
Since Mar 20, 1976
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Bahrain is no protections.
Current status
Since Mar 20, 1976
Since Mar 20, 1976
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Bahrain is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
According to The Ministry of Islamic and Justice Affairs, adoption is not possible in Bahrain.
Serving openly in military in Bahrain is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Blood donations by MSMs in Bahrain is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
No data
Conversion therapy in Bahrain is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized anywhere in the middle east.
Equal age of consent in Bahrain is equal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1976
Since Jan 1, 1976
Equal
Age of consent for same sex acts is 21
Equal
A Penal Code was enacted in 1976 which decriminalized same-sex activities. It also stated that the age of consent for same-sex activities would be the same as heterosexuals at 21 years old.
Top Contributors
Bahrain LGBT Organizations
There are no organizations listed in Bahrain. Suggest one
Share Region
LGBT Bahrain Flag
Compare Bahrain
Common queries:
- Is it illegal to be gay in Bahrain?
- Is homosexuality legal in Bahrain?
- Is gay marriage legal in Bahrain?
Alternative names: Al-Bahrayn (local name)
