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• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS BAHAMAS
• U.S. EMBASSY THE BAHAMAS MENU EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ALERTS FOR U.S. CIZENS U.S. VISAS U.S. PASSPORTS U.S. CIZEN SERVIC NOTARIALS NEWS & EVENTS JOB OPPORTUNI BS EDUTN & EXCHANG CONTACT SEARCH×SEARCH COUNTRY/AREA AFGHANISTANALBANIAALGERIAANGOLAARGENTAARMENIAATRALIAATRIAAZERBAIJANBAHAMASBAHRABANGLASHBARBADOSBELASBELGIUMBELIZEBENBERMUDABOLIVIABOSNIA & HERZEABOTSWANABRAZILBNEIBULGARIABURKA FASOBURMABUNDICABO VERCAMBODIACAMEROONCANADACENTRAL AIN REPUBLICCHADCHILECHACOLOMBIACOMOROSCOSTA RICôTE D’IVOIRECROATIACUBACURAOCYPSCZECH REPUBLICDEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGODENMARKDJIBOUTIDOMIN REPUBLICECUADOREGYPTEL SALVADOREQUATORIAL GUEAERREAESTONIAESWATIETHPIAFIJIFLANDFRANCEGABONGEIAGERMANYGHANAGREECEGUATEMALAGUEAU.S. VIRTUAL PRENCE GUEA-BISSGUYANATHE GAMBIAHAIHONDURASHONG KONG AND MAUHUNGARYICELANDINDIAINDONIAIRANIRAQIRELANDISRAELITALYJAMAIJAPANJORDANKAZAKHSTANKENYAKOREAKOSOVOKUWAKYRGYZ REPUBLICLAOSLATVIALEBANONLOTHOLIBERIALIBYALHUANIALUXEMBOURGMADAGASRMALAWIMALAYSIAMALDIVMALIMALTAMARSHALL ISLANDSMRANIAMRIMEXIMICRONIAMOLDOVAMONGOLIAMONTENEGROMOROCMOZAMBIQUENAMIBIANEPALNETHERLANDSNEW ZEALANDNIRAGUANIGERNIGERIANORTH MACEDONIANORWAYOMANPAKISTANPALPALTIAN TERRORIPANAMAPAPUA NEW GUEAPARAGUAYPEPHILIPPPOLANDPORTUGALQATARREPUBLIC OF CONGOROMANIARSIARWANDASAMOASAN MAROSDI ARABIASENEGALSERBIASIERRA LEONESGAPORESLOVAKIASLOVENIASOLOMON ISLANDSSOMALIASOUTH AISOUTH SUDANSPASRI LANKASUDANSURAMESWENSWZERLANDSYRIAAMERIN INSTUTE TAIWANTAJIKISTANTANZANIATHAILANDTIMOR-LTETOGOTONGATRIDAD & TOBAGOTUNISIATüRKIYETURKMENISTANUGANDAUKRAEUNED ARAB EMIRATUNED KGDOMUGUAYUZBEKISTANVANUATUVENEZUELAVIETNAMYEMENZAMBIAZIMBABWEU.S. MISSN TO ASEANU.S. MISSN TO THE AIN UNNU.S. MISSN TO THE EUHOLY SEEU.S. MISSN TO THE ICAOU.S. MISSN TO NATOU.S. MISSN TO OSCEU.S. MISSN TO THE OASU.S. MISSN TO THE OECDU.S. MISSN TO THE UN-GENEVAU.S. MISSN TO THE UN-ROMEU.S. MISSN TO THE UNED NATNSU.S. MISSN TO INTERNATNAL ORGANIZATNS VIENNA EMERGENCY INFORMATN FOR AMERIN CIZENSPREVNEXT EMERGENCY ASSISTANCELOL EMERGENCY INFORMATN AND CONTACTS ALERTS FOR U.S. CIZENSREAD ALERTS FOR U.S. CIZENS VIS FOR MORE INFORMATN PREVNEXT U.S. EMBASSY CELEBRAT LGBTQI+ PRI MONTH JUNE BY U.S. EMBASSY NASS 6 MINUTE READJUNE 1, 2022 PRI FLAG FLYG AT THE CHIEF OF MISSN’S RINCE ON SANFORD DRIVE | NASS, THE BAHAMAS | JUNE 1, 2022 (PHOTO CRED: U.S. EMBASSY NASS)   NASS, THE BAHAMAS | JUNE 1, 2022 ON JUNE 1, 2022, THE UNED STAT EMBASSY NASS RAISED THE RABOW PRI FLAG TO SUPPORT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LGBTQI+ PERSONS THE BAHAMAS AND AROUND THE WORLD. THE EMBASSY JOS U.S. EMBASSI MORE THAN 100 UNTRI FLYG THE RABOW FLAG. AS PRINT BIN SAID, PRI MONTH IS AN OPPORTUNY TO “REGNIZE THE RILIENCE AND TERMATN OF THE MANY DIVIDUALS WHO ARE FIGHTG TO LIVE EELY AND THENTILLY.” U.S. CHARGé D’AFFAIR USHA PTS UNFURLS THE PRI FLAG AT HER RINCE OFF OF LAKE CUNNGHAM | NASS, THE BAHAMAS | JUNE 1, 2022 (PHOTO CRED: U.S. EMBASSY NASS) PRI MONTH MEMORAT YEARS OF STGGLE THE ONGOG PURSU OF EQUALY UNR THE LAW FOR MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQI+ MUNY (LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX). DURG THE MONTH OF JUNE—CELEBRATED AS PRI MONTH THE UNED STAT—THE INIC RABOW FLAG WILL ONCE AGA FLY OM THE FLAGPOLE OF THE U.S. EMBASSY DOWNTOWN NASS AND AT THE CHIEF OF MISSN’S RINCE ON SANFORD ROAD. OPENLY OR NOT, LGBTQI+ PERSONS PLAY AN TEGRAL ROLE EVERY MUNY AND HAVE MA UNIQUE NTRIBUTNS TO SOCIETI THROUGHOUT HISTORY. DURG PRI MONTH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOLDG NVERSATNS AND HOSTG EVENTS THAT HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSY SUPPORTG A HEALTHY, THRIVG MOCRACY: FILM SCREENGS AT THE NATNAL ART GALLERY: THE U.S. EMBASSY IS PARTNERG WH THE NATNAL ART GALLERY OF THE BAHAMAS TO HOST THREE FILM SCREENGS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE FOLLOWG DAT. PLEASE VIS THE S BELOW TO RERVE YOUR SEAT, AS PLAC ARE LIMED: MILK (U.S.) – WEDNDAY, JUNE 8 –  THE LAVENR SRE (U.S.) – FRIDAY, JUNE 17 –  CHILDREN OF GOD (BAHAMAS) – FRIDAY, JUNE 24 –  PRI EVENTS THE BAHAMAS: THE EMBASSY WILL JO LOL PARTNERS TO MARK PRI MONTH WAYS BOTH BIG AND SMALL. SEE A LENDAR OF EVENTS ON THE EMBASSY’S FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM PAG (@EMBASSYNASS) AND FOLLOW FOR UPDAT ON ADDNAL OPPORTUNI TO CELEBRATE PRI MONTH AT LOL RTRANTS, BARS, AND ART GALLERI. WE ASPIRE TO A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE IS SAFE TO LIVE THEIR LIV AS THEY SEE F.  LIKE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY, LGBTQI+ PERSONS WANT TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS, LOVE THEIR FAI, AND LIVE A SOCIETY THAT VALU THEM AS EQUALS. GENR ISSU, KEY OFFICIALS, LGBTQI, PRS RELEASE, U.S. AND THE BAHAMAS CHARGé D'AFFAIR, NEWS U.S. EMBASSY THE BAHAMAS
• 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS BAHAMAS

Many gay people vis or live here, and while the untry once had strict anti-homosexualy laws, thgs are changg urse, the big rorts wele one and all, knowg how important foreign tourism is. 800/GAYTRAVEL;) is the tra associatn for the gay and lbian travel dtry, and offers an onle directory of gay- and lbian-iendly travel bs; go to their webse and click on "Members.

It provis regularly updated rmatn about gay-owned, gay-oriented, and gay-iendly lodgg, dg, sightseeg, nightlife, and shoppg tablishments every important statn followg travel guis are available at many bookstor, or you n orr them om any onle bookseller: Spartac Internatnal Gay Gui (Bno Gmünr Verlag;) and Odysss: The Internatnal Gay Travel Planner (Odysss Enterpris Ltd.

There is wispread homophobia the untry, and wh the absence of anti-gay discrimatn laws, gays, lbians, and transgenr dividuals face social jtic as evinced the exampl below:. In September 2007, the Bahamas Christian Council formed an anti-gay mtee to fight agast a gay group after asked the lol ble pany to offer Logo, which ters to the LGBT muny [10]. The vast majory of the gay populatn is the closet, and as such, don't expect to see any annual gay pri street paras or publicly noticeable signs of an anized gay muny.

U.S. EMBASSY THE BAHAMAS MENU EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ALERTS FOR U.S. CIZENS U.S. VISAS U.S. PASSPORTS U.S. CIZEN SERVIC NOTARIALS NEWS & EVENTS JOB OPPORTUNI BS EDUTN & EXCHANG CONTACT SEARCH×SEARCH COUNTRY/AREA AFGHANISTANALBANIAALGERIAANGOLAARGENTAARMENIAATRALIAATRIAAZERBAIJANBAHAMASBAHRABANGLASHBARBADOSBELASBELGIUMBELIZEBENBERMUDABOLIVIABOSNIA & HERZEABOTSWANABRAZILBNEIBULGARIABURKA FASOBURMABUNDICABO VERCAMBODIACAMEROONCANADACENTRAL AIN REPUBLICCHADCHILECHACOLOMBIACOMOROSCOSTA RICôTE D’IVOIRECROATIACUBACURAOCYPSCZECH REPUBLICDEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGODENMARKDJIBOUTIDOMIN REPUBLICECUADOREGYPTEL SALVADOREQUATORIAL GUEAERREAESTONIAESWATIETHPIAFIJIFLANDFRANCEGABONGEIAGERMANYGHANAGREECEGUATEMALAGUEAU.S. VIRTUAL PRENCE GUEA-BISSGUYANATHE GAMBIAHAIHONDURASHONG KONG AND MAUHUNGARYICELANDINDIAINDONIAIRANIRAQIRELANDISRAELITALYJAMAIJAPANJORDANKAZAKHSTANKENYAKOREAKOSOVOKUWAKYRGYZ REPUBLICLAOSLATVIALEBANONLOTHOLIBERIALIBYALHUANIALUXEMBOURGMADAGASRMALAWIMALAYSIAMALDIVMALIMALTAMARSHALL ISLANDSMRANIAMRIMEXIMICRONIAMOLDOVAMONGOLIAMONTENEGROMOROCMOZAMBIQUENAMIBIANEPALNETHERLANDSNEW ZEALANDNIRAGUANIGERNIGERIANORTH MACEDONIANORWAYOMANPAKISTANPALPALTIAN TERRORIPANAMAPAPUA NEW GUEAPARAGUAYPEPHILIPPPOLANDPORTUGALQATARREPUBLIC OF CONGOROMANIARSIARWANDASAMOASAN MAROSDI ARABIASENEGALSERBIASIERRA LEONESGAPORESLOVAKIASLOVENIASOLOMON ISLANDSSOMALIASOUTH AISOUTH SUDANSPASRI LANKASUDANSURAMESWENSWZERLANDSYRIAAMERIN INSTUTE TAIWANTAJIKISTANTANZANIATHAILANDTIMOR-LTETOGOTONGATRIDAD & TOBAGOTUNISIATüRKIYETURKMENISTANUGANDAUKRAEUNED ARAB EMIRATUNED KGDOMUGUAYUZBEKISTANVANUATUVENEZUELAVIETNAMYEMENZAMBIAZIMBABWEU.S. MISSN TO ASEANU.S. MISSN TO THE AIN UNNU.S. MISSN TO THE EUHOLY SEEU.S. MISSN TO THE ICAOU.S. MISSN TO NATOU.S. MISSN TO OSCEU.S. MISSN TO THE OASU.S. MISSN TO THE OECDU.S. MISSN TO THE UN-GENEVAU.S. MISSN TO THE UN-ROMEU.S. MISSN TO THE UNED NATNSU.S. MISSN TO INTERNATNAL ORGANIZATNS VIENNA EMERGENCY INFORMATN FOR AMERIN CIZENSPREVNEXT EMERGENCY ASSISTANCELOL EMERGENCY INFORMATN AND CONTACTS ALERTS FOR U.S. CIZENSREAD ALERTS FOR U.S. CIZENS VIS FOR MORE INFORMATN PREVNEXT U.S. EMBASSY CELEBRAT LGBTQI+ PRI MONTH JUNE BY U.S. EMBASSY NASS 6 MINUTE READJUNE 1, 2022 PRI FLAG FLYG AT THE CHIEF OF MISSN’S RINCE ON SANFORD DRIVE | NASS, THE BAHAMAS | JUNE 1, 2022 (PHOTO CRED: U.S. EMBASSY NASS)   NASS, THE BAHAMAS | JUNE 1, 2022 ON JUNE 1, 2022, THE UNED STAT EMBASSY NASS RAISED THE RABOW PRI FLAG TO SUPPORT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LGBTQI+ PERSONS THE BAHAMAS AND AROUND THE WORLD. THE EMBASSY JOS U.S. EMBASSI MORE THAN 100 UNTRI FLYG THE RABOW FLAG. AS PRINT BIN SAID, PRI MONTH IS AN OPPORTUNY TO “REGNIZE THE RILIENCE AND TERMATN OF THE MANY DIVIDUALS WHO ARE FIGHTG TO LIVE EELY AND THENTILLY.” U.S. CHARGé D’AFFAIR USHA PTS UNFURLS THE PRI FLAG AT HER RINCE OFF OF LAKE CUNNGHAM | NASS, THE BAHAMAS | JUNE 1, 2022 (PHOTO CRED: U.S. EMBASSY NASS) PRI MONTH MEMORAT YEARS OF STGGLE THE ONGOG PURSU OF EQUALY UNR THE LAW FOR MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQI+ MUNY (LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX). DURG THE MONTH OF JUNE—CELEBRATED AS PRI MONTH THE UNED STAT—THE INIC RABOW FLAG WILL ONCE AGA FLY OM THE FLAGPOLE OF THE U.S. EMBASSY DOWNTOWN NASS AND AT THE CHIEF OF MISSN’S RINCE ON SANFORD ROAD. OPENLY OR NOT, LGBTQI+ PERSONS PLAY AN TEGRAL ROLE EVERY MUNY AND HAVE MA UNIQUE NTRIBUTNS TO SOCIETI THROUGHOUT HISTORY. DURG PRI MONTH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOLDG NVERSATNS AND HOSTG EVENTS THAT HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSY SUPPORTG A HEALTHY, THRIVG MOCRACY: FILM SCREENGS AT THE NATNAL ART GALLERY: THE U.S. EMBASSY IS PARTNERG WH THE NATNAL ART GALLERY OF THE BAHAMAS TO HOST THREE FILM SCREENGS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE FOLLOWG DAT. PLEASE VIS THE S BELOW TO RERVE YOUR SEAT, AS PLAC ARE LIMED: MILK (U.S.) – WEDNDAY, JUNE 8 –  THE LAVENR SRE (U.S.) – FRIDAY, JUNE 17 –  CHILDREN OF GOD (BAHAMAS) – FRIDAY, JUNE 24 –  PRI EVENTS THE BAHAMAS: THE EMBASSY WILL JO LOL PARTNERS TO MARK PRI MONTH WAYS BOTH BIG AND SMALL. SEE A LENDAR OF EVENTS ON THE EMBASSY’S FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM PAG (@EMBASSYNASS) AND FOLLOW FOR UPDAT ON ADDNAL OPPORTUNI TO CELEBRATE PRI MONTH AT LOL RTRANTS, BARS, AND ART GALLERI. WE ASPIRE TO A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE IS SAFE TO LIVE THEIR LIV AS THEY SEE F.  LIKE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY, LGBTQI+ PERSONS WANT TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS, LOVE THEIR FAI, AND LIVE A SOCIETY THAT VALU THEM AS EQUALS. GENR ISSU, KEY OFFICIALS, LGBTQI, PRS RELEASE, U.S. AND THE BAHAMAS CHARGé D'AFFAIR, NEWS U.S. EMBASSY THE BAHAMAS

On the other hand, openly gay persons such as members of the gay-rights group, Rabow Alliance of The Bahamas have been appld on talk shows and newspaper articl for speakg agast discrimatn. Individual and small groups of homosexual tourists are left alone for the most part but boatloads of gay visors have been protted on three separate ocsns—once on March 8, 1998, a month later on April 13, 1998 and aga on July 16, 2004. The legal age of nsent to engage homosexual nduct is eighteen years, while the legal age of nsent to engage heterosexual nduct is sixteen Constutn do provi for var civil liberti, but s prohibn agast discrimatn do not clu sexual orientatn or genr inty.

5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)

Efforts to clu sexual orientatn a newly proposed Constutn have been blocked by members of a ernment-appoted missn who oppose homosexualy on relig Constutnal Reform Commissn, which had been reviewg the untry’s unamend 1973 Supreme Law for three years, prented a prelimary report to a prev Progrsive Liberal Party ernment on 21 March 2006. The story got the attentn of the print of The Bahamas Christian Council who warned that crimal charg would be brought agast clergymen found performg same-sex 18 March 2007, a pastor who had wrten many articl agast homosexualy The Nass Guardian held a "Save the Fay Rally" Freeport. In May 1998, then Natnal Secury Mister and Deputy Prime Mister Frank Watson reaffirmed the ernment's stance on the matter, sayg the Bahamas ary, prison service and police force do not discrimate based on sexual Bahamas cizens affiliate wh a socially nservative Christian sect that views homosexualy and cross-drsg as signs of nce and immoraly.

In September 2007, the Bahamas Christian Council formed an anti-gay mtee to fight agast a gay group after asked the lol ble pany to offer Logo, a channel terg to the LGBT muny. Joan Sawyer, the Print of the Court of Appeal, was quoted as sayg, "One is entled to e whatever force is necsary to prevent one's self beg the victim of a homosexual act.

On 24 June 2011, The Bahamas Plays and Films Control Board attempted to block the showg of the Bahamian-produced, gay-themed movie "Children of God" the public square downtown Nass. The nam of the murred gay men, their profsn and date they were found ad are as follows: Kev Williams, Policeman, 15 May 2001—Thad McDonald, Lecturer, 16 Nov 2007—Harl Taylor, Digner, 18 Nov 2007—Wellgton Adrley, Activist, 26 May 2008—Marv Wilson, Waer, 3 June 2008—Pl Whylly, Dancer, 19 October 2008—Shavado Simmons, Photographer, 17 July a rult of the lack of nfince the judicial system, legal equali and homophobia the untry, many LGBT people are the closet about their sexual orientatn or genr inty.