Back معاملة المثليين في البحرين Arabic LGBT práva v Bahrajnu Czech Homosexualität in Bahrain German Diversidad sexual en Baréin Spanish Droits LGBT à Bahreïn French זכויות להט"ב בבחריין HE Diritti LGBT in Bahrein Italian ლგბტ უფლებები ბაჰრეინში Georgian Položaj LGBT osoba u Bahreinu Serbo-Croatian Bahreyn'de LGBT hakları Turkish

LGBT rights in Bahrain

LGBT rights in Bahrain
Bahrain
StatusDecriminalized since 1976[1][2][3][4]
Gender identityLimited
MilitaryNo
Discrimination protectionsNo
Family rights
Recognition of relationshipsNo
AdoptionNo

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people living in Bahrain face legal challenges and discrimination not experienced by non-LGBT residents.[1][2][3][4] While same-sex sexual activity was decriminalised in 1976, laws against indecency remain and are used to target gender and sexual minorities. Offences under these provisions allow for sentences of imprisonment, fines and deportation.[5]

Individuals are able to change their legal gender in a limited range of circumstances that are assessed as being in accordance with Islamic understandings of sex and gender as transmitted by Sunni fiqh. The state offers no protection from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics. LGBT individuals face entrenched social stigma.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b "2013 State Sponsored Homophobia Report" (PDF). International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Albelad 2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference BNA Maan 2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference BNA 2022 Pride Response was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (2022). "Section 6. Discrimination and Societal Abuses: Acts of Violence, Criminalization, and Other Abuses Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity". 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Bahrain (Report). United States Department of State. The law does not criminalize same-sex sexual conduct between consenting adults at least age 21, but it allots fines, imprisonment, deportation, or any of them for persons engaging in 'immoral behavior', and this provision has been used against individuals suspected of being LGBTQI+ or cross-dressing.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023 ussd was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference cairo52 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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