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Contents:

• GAY BAHAMAS TRAVEL GUI
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS BAHAMAS
• GAY BAHAMAS: HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF A BAHAMAS ERARY
• BAHAMAS GAY BARS
• GAY LIVG IN THE BAHAMAS - NASS FOM
• GAY LIFE THE BAHAMAS
• THE BT CARIBBEAN DTATNS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS
• 4 BT GAY-FRIENDLY RORTS IN THE 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
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS NASS
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GAY BAHAMAS TRAVEL GUI

While there are many LGBTQ+ dividuals who are dog an exemplary job tryg to make The Bahamas gay-iendly and turn thgs around, they are challenged every step of the way.

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For example, most of the big hotels and rorts are welg, and even the on that prevly banned homosexual upl (such as the Sandals rort) end their discrimatory practic the early 2000s. There are no gay clubs or events the Bahamas bee of the stigma agast the LGBTQ+ muny, but you n still make your own fun wh the betiful beach and islands to explore.

GAY BAHAMAS: HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF A BAHAMAS ERARY

There are no gay clubs or events the Bahamas bee of the stigma agast the LGBTQ+ muny. While social sentiment the untry is beg more acceptg of LGBTQ people, lols still warn that homophobia still exists throughout the Bahamas and tourists should avoid attractg too much attentn.

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. BOOK WITH US Photo: Renato MarzanLGBT suatn the BahamasThough the Bahamas are, generally speakg, welg of LGBTQ+ travellers, ’s sential to know that this is a untry wh a history of anti-homosexualy laws and where full protectns for the gay muny are yet to be legalized.

BAHAMAS GAY BARS

However, a very real stigma agast the LGBTQ+ muny means you won’t fd any gay clubs or events, and ’s bt to avoid PDA. On the posive si, gay upl are now weled at all of the large rorts and hotels, so rt assured you n still enjoy an idyllic island pe wh the right preutns to vis the BahamasHurrine season ns om June through to the end of November. Wh the arrival of gay and lbian cise stras floatg by means of the Caribbean, the management wh the Bahamas have taken a thorized stance towards pots for the gay and lbian group.

GAY LIVG IN THE BAHAMAS - NASS FOM

The Prime Mister has himself issued statements nmng homophobia and makg unlawful. Contrary to style opn, at this time gay vatners to the Bahamas will probably be weled to mata the vatner bs alive Bahamas.

You won’t disver many gay pleasant or gay owned pani, and Bahamas gay bars are very unmon, neverthels, the gay group, albe small, is robt and prepared to wele you. In the prev, the Bahamas has tried to publicize the notn that the gay way of life was not accepted. Further, the Bahamas has ma extensively regnized that no Bahamian gay bars even exist.

GAY LIFE THE BAHAMAS

Fortunately, you simply need to know the place to look when search of out gay bars wh the Bahamas. The pal of the Bahamas, Nass, has 4 gay owned and operated bars wh the middle of the town.

Freeport, Grand Bahama n also be hoe to a r gay nightlife scene, and nohels has s providg of a sparse variety of gay bars.

Public shows of affectn will not be prompt, until while you’re wh the secury zone of Bahamas gay bars, the place you’ll be able to really feel proper at hoe. However, everythg I read about gay life the Bahamas tends to make me thk I want to ncel the terview. I am a gay man, I am nservative and even the stat don't really believe PDA's, however, I am sgle and would like to meet people, but am a ltle aaid of lettg anyone know.

THE BT CARIBBEAN DTATNS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS

Gay life the Bahamas, while certaly exists, is not mastream and many gays fd themselv livg unrground. But the real issue is, as dty poted out, you would be livg a untry that is que homophobic, if you are fortable stayg the closet, then you will be fe, sad to say, but te.

The only rponse I got was om someone who said that they he ed to own a gay bar downtown and that they are actually gettg ready to do a gay pri at the end of this year. I told him that sound very different than everythg I found onle and asked him for the name of the gay club.

4 BT GAY-FRIENDLY RORTS IN THE BAHAMAS

They may hold anti-gay beliefs, but they're not gog to randomly nont or sult you whout provotn. However, om what I have seen and been down wh gay iends, n, at bt, be very unfortable. Looks of disapproval, very homophobic jok and ments, i nt imagne mak any gay person feel fortable.

While, I agree bahamians are for the most part very iendly and rpectful people, when to homosexualy, homophobia is very much graed and blatant the lol culture, relign and polici of the untrie.

Gay upl should tread refully when visg the Bahamas bee attus towards same-sex upl are generally nservative throughout the Caribbean. Dpe the progrs the Bahamas is makg, there are few LGBTQ events the Bahamas, if any at all, bee of the stigma that still exists slightly around homosexualy. In The Bahamas dividual and small groups of homosexual tourists are left alone for the most part but boatloads of gay visors were rallied agast on three separate ocsns, first March 1998 and a month later April 1998 and aga July 2004.

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

Most of the noisy homophobic rant me om certa fundamentalist Baptist church, who alleged to be Christian but are stuck dim scriptural thkg. The stk 1998 drew worldwi media attentn to their prott and, for the first time, to the homophobic reputatn their untry. (At the time, the LGBT advocy group Rabow Alliance, now closed, held a unter prott durg the 2004 monstratns, welg the gay visors.

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His prs release said, “The Bahamas’ Constutn tablish that we are a natn based upon Christian prcipl… They clu the virtu exemplified J’ life on earth – a life guid by fah, love, peace, patience, gentlens, kdns, and fivens… The Bahamian nstutn provis guarante for the protectn of the human rights and liberti of all persons rint and/or visg… My Government rejects bias any form and fds discrimatn repugnant… the hysteria beg created by certa dividuals agast gay persons visg The Bahamas and who reprents themselv as the learship of the Christian Council, is beg irrponsible….

I do not believe that the future of The Bahamas will be placed danger bee chartered cis by gay persons are permted to ntue to ll at Bahamian ports… The Bahamas is not threatened by foreign persons of homosexual orientatn. Homosexualy is not a ntag disease; and is not a crime here… Whether a private sexual act between nsentg adults is homosexual or heterosexual is not my bs, and I do not thk is your bs eher.

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But was a rebe neverthels that helped to lm the bizarre anti-gay monstratn at the port. Regardls of the length of time together, upl have no legal standg and the crimal discrimat agast LGBT people wh unequal ag of nsent–18 for gays and 16 for straights.

The members of those groups, BGLAD (Bahamian Gays and Lbians Agast Discrimatn) and Hope TEA (Hope Through Edutn and Awarens), cid would be better to pool their rourc together and create one natnal gay rights anizatn.

“At that time RAB was sentially a support group, anizg LGBT socials and the annual, low-key gay pri event. However, 2004 when Bishop Sam Greene threatened to blow up parliament if the ernment had followed Canada and legalized gay marriage The Bahamas, group members felt the need to stand up agast him and other forms of bigotry and discrimatn the untry. All that said, and sce we are everywhere cludg homophobic plac like Jamai and Tridad, there is a LGBT muny The Bahamas that mostly choos to live discreetly beneath the radar–g gaydar stead.

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Gay bars have existed the Bahamas for years, openg and closg acrdg to the whims of merce and the wds of gossip. Allegedly, there are three gay-owned nightclubs currently the pal cy of Nass, a cy of nearly 250, 000. Wh a lol native populatn that big pl an endls flow of tourists, several gay venu n be found the downtown area.

One observer said gays the ls-populated northern cy of Freeport ually hang out straight clubs.

As a rult of the lack of nfince the judicial system, legal equali and homophobia the untry, many LGBT people are the closet–or on the ‘down-low–about their sexual orientatn or genr inty and LGBT social events are often prsured to rema low key. The obv drivg force of homophobia is nservative Christian sects that view homosexualy and cross-drsg as signs of nce and immoraly. -In March 2006, the Bahamas Plays and Films Control Board banned the Amerin gay-themed movie ‘Brokeback Mounta‘.