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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
    ✖ No protections
    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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History

Homosexual activity in Long Island

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Homosexual activity in Long Island is legal.

Current status
Since 1991
Legal
Legal between consenting adults.
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Same-sex marriage in Long Island

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Same-sex marriage in Long Island is banned.

Current status
Banned
The Bahamas Marriage Act defines marriage as only being possible between a man and a woman.
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Long Island

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Long Island is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Bahamas, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Long Island

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Right to change legal gender in Long Island is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Not possible under current Constitution.
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Gender-affirming care in Long Island

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Gender-affirming care in Long Island 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.
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Legal, but restricted for minors
In 1980, Bahamas adopted the ICD-9 classification, which included codes allowing for the diagnosis of transsexualism in adults.
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Until 1980
Banned
Medical transition is not possible
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Long Island

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Long Island is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
Not currently possible to change legal gender, including to non-binary.
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LGBT discrimination in Long Island

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LGBT discrimination in Long Island is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections available.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Long Island

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LGBT employment discrimination in Long Island is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections available.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Long Island

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LGBT housing discrimination in Long Island is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections available.
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Same-sex adoption in Long Island

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Same-sex adoption in Long Island is single only.

Current status
Since Oct 6, 2017
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples. Legalization pending.
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Intersex infant surgery in Long Island

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Intersex infant surgery in Long Island is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Long Island

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Serving openly in military in Long Island is legal.

Current status
Since May 8, 1998
Legal
President of Bahamas made an announcement in 1998, explicitly supporting LGBTQ+ individuals to serve in the military

Blood donations by MSMs in Long Island

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Blood donations by MSMs in Long Island is legal.

Current status
Legal
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Conversion therapy in Long Island

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Conversion therapy in Long Island is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized in the country.
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Equal age of consent in Long Island

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Equal age of consent in Long Island is unequal.

Current status
Unequal
Set at 16 years for straight couples, and 18 years for same-sex couples.