Baháʼí views on homosexuality

The Baháʼí Faith considers homosexual sexual intimacy to be against God's will as taught by founder Baháʼu'lláh, and views homosexuality as against nature and a sickness. The organization places emphasis on what it describes as traditional family values, and marriage between a man and a woman is the only form of sexual relationship permitted for Baháʼís. With an emphasis on chastity and sexual abstinence outside of a heterosexual marriage, Baháʼí teachings prohibit premarital, extramarital, or homosexual sexual intimacy.

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual members who engage in any same-sex sexual behavior are subject to the following sanctions from administration: being excluded from community gatherings (e.g. the Nineteen Day Feast), being denied participation in organizational elections, and being barred from holding elected leadership positions. As of 2021, no Baháʼí writings are found on transgender people beyond a 2002 statement which said gender-affirming surgery (i.e. sex changes) are medical questions. Baháʼí institutions have taken no position on the sexual practices of those who are not adherents, and Baháʼís have been discouraged from both promoting or opposing efforts to legalize same-sex marriage.