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- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✖ Unequal
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Homosexual activity in Exuma is legal.
Current status
Since 1991
Legal
Legal between consenting adults.
Same-sex marriage in Exuma is banned.
Current status
Banned
The Bahamas Marriage Act defines marriage as only being possible between a man and a woman.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Exuma is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Bahamas, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Exuma is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Not possible under current Constitution.
Gender-affirming care in Exuma is legal.
Current status
Since 1999
Legal
In 1999, Bahamas adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition.
Legal, but restricted for minors
In 1980, Bahamas adopted the ICD-9 classification, which included codes allowing for the diagnosis of transsexualism in adults.
Until 1980
Banned
Medical transition is not possible
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Exuma is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Not currently possible to change legal gender, including to non-binary.
LGBT discrimination in Exuma is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since Apr 11, 2003
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2003, Section 1 of the Data Protection (Privacy of Personal Information) Act includes “sexual life” among the protected sensitive personal data.
The Communications Act (2009) states that The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) may by determination issue regulatory and other measures to regulate content services intended for reception by subscribers of carriage services or by broadcasting. URCA shall issue codes of practice which will be taken into account the matter that is likely to incite or perpetuate hatred against, or vilifies, any person or group on the basis of gender and sexual preference, among others.
The Communications Act (2009) states that The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) may by determination issue regulatory and other measures to regulate content services intended for reception by subscribers of carriage services or by broadcasting. URCA shall issue codes of practice which will be taken into account the matter that is likely to incite or perpetuate hatred against, or vilifies, any person or group on the basis of gender and sexual preference, among others.
LGBT employment discrimination in Exuma is no protections.
Current status
No protections
No protections available.
LGBT housing discrimination in Exuma is no protections.
Current status
No protections
No protections available.
Same-sex adoption in Exuma is single only.
Current status
Since Oct 6, 2017
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples. Legalization pending.
Conversion therapy in Exuma is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized in the country.
Equal age of consent in Exuma is unequal.
Current status
Unequal
Set at 16 years for straight couples, and 18 years for same-sex couples.
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