- Homosexuality⚢Ambiguous
- Marriage⚭✖ Not legal
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, surgery not required
- AdoptionN/A
- Discrimination✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination✖ No protections
- Military✔ Legal
- Age of Consent✖ Unequal
- Donating Blood✔ Legal
- 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. Missing non binary options on documents.
Current status
(since Mar 20, 1976)
(since Mar 20, 1976)
No protections
None are in the criminal code.
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
Current status
Legal
No discrimination protections.
Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized anywhere in the middle east.
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Alternative names: Al-Bahrayn (local name)
