- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Civil unions (marriage rights)
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- Unknown
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- Unknown
- Age of Consent
- ✖ Female equal, male unequal
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Public Opinion
Public opinion in Bermuda appears to be somewhat divided on LGBTQ+ issues, as evidenced by recent studies.
History
Censorship of LGBT issues in Bermuda is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Bermuda, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Bermuda is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Legal gender recognition is not currently possible in Bermuda.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bermuda is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized federal law
In Bermuda, there is no legal recognition of non-binary identities, and therefore no mechanism for legally changing gender markers.
LGBT discrimination in Bermuda is illegal.
Current status
Since Jul 4, 2013
Illegal
The Human Rights bill is amended to include protection clauses for sexual orientation (but not gender identity explicitly)
LGBT employment discrimination in Bermuda is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT housing discrimination in Bermuda is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Intersex infant surgery in Bermuda is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Serving openly in military in Bermuda is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Blood donations by MSMs in Bermuda is legal.
Current status
Since May 9, 2024
Legal
Blood donation rules were finally brought in line with international standards once "The Bermuda Hospitals Board" established new standards.
Until May 9, 2024
Banned (less than 6-month deferral)
The Bermuda Blood Donor Centre criteria previously had time-based deferrals specific to men who had sex with men, as well as women who had sex with men engaging in sex with men, during the previous three months.
Equal age of consent in Bermuda is female equal, male unequal.
Current status
Female equal, male unequal
The age of consent for heterosexual and lesbian sexual acts is 16, and for male homosexual sexual acts it is 18.
LGBT Rights by Parish
View the LGBT laws in each individual parish of Bermuda.
- Smiths
- Southampton
- Warwick
- Hamilton municipality (Municipality)
- Saint George municipality (Municipality)