refer to "homosexuals" in a derogatory and dehumanizing context, contrary to using terms like:Mithleyya Jinsia () which exclusively means homosexuality.Mithley-yeen () which exclusively means homosexuals.Mithley () which means Gay.Mithleya () which means Lesbian. Which are non-derogatory terms. Other derogatory terms include:Lewat ()- Arabic equivalent to "Sodomy", in reference to the Biblical and Quranic figure Lot.Luti''' () - Arabic equivalent to "Sodomite." Gender identity and expression In 2006, the Gulf Daily News'' published a story about a Bahraini man assigned female at birth who, having undergone a genital reconstruction surgery, was going to court in a bid to have his status as a man recognised in law. The lawyer had won a landmark case in 2005 where the transgender Bahraini had the operation and was legally recognised as a man. The legal case was going through the Bahraini legal system until 2008 when the court granted the motion to allow the transgender man to change his legal documents and be recognised in his gender. LGBT community Bahrain's population is a culturally diverse mixture of citizens and foreign workers from many different countries. This impacts how the LGBT community tends to function within the island. LGBT foreign workers tend to socialize with other foreign workers that share the same language, if not nationality. As non-citizens, they cannot really influence Bahrani policy and generally feel the need to be publicly discreet about their sexual or gender identity, to be able to continue working on the island. Among Bahraini citizens, how open they can be about their sexual orientation or gender identity has a lot to do with how traditionalist or modern their family is. Among the more traditionalist families, being LGBT is shameful and something that needs to be "cured" through medical therapy, an arranged marriage or physical violence. More modern families can be more tolerant, but also concerned about their son or daughter facing harassment or discrimination. Public opinion According to the World Values Survey in 2011, 42% of Bahraini people believed that "homosexuality is never justified", which was lower than the world average of 48% who agreed with that statement. It was also more accepting than any other Arab countries surveyed. The same survey found that 18% of Bahraini people "would not like to have homosexuals as neighbors" which was among the lowest percentage in the world. Human rights reports 2017 United States Department of State report In 2017, the United