Australasia
| LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Recognition of same-sex unions | Same-sex marriage | Adoption by same-sex couples | LGB people allowed to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation | Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
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 Australia(including territories of  Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island)
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 Legal in some states and territories since 1975, nationwide since 1997+ UN decl. sign.[49] |
Unregistered cohabitation nationally since 2009; Domestic partnerships in Tasmania (2004),[658] South Australia (2007),[659] Victoria (2008),[660] New South Wales (2010),[661] and Queensland (2012);[662] Civil unions in the Australian Capital Territory (2012)[663] |
Legal since 2017[664]
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Legal in some states and territories since 2002, nationwide since 2018
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Since 1992[665]; Includes transgender people[666]
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination.[667]
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The ACT, NT, SA, WA, TAS and VIC do not require sex reassignment surgery to change gender on a birth certificate - however both NSW and QLD does legally require sex reassignment surgery[668][669][667]
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 New Zealand
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Legal since 1986 + UN decl. sign.[49] |
Unregistered cohabitation since 2002; Civil unions since 2005 |
Legal since 2013[670]
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Legal since 2013[670]
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Since 1993; Includes transgender people[671]
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination
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Covered under the "sex discrimination" provision of the Human Rights Act 1993
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Melanesia
| LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Recognition of same-sex unions | Same-sex marriage | Adoption by same-sex couples | LGB people allowed to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation | Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
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 Fiji
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Legal since 2010 + UN decl. sign.[672][49] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[49]
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 New Caledonia(Special collectivity of France) |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the collectivity) + UN decl. sign.[49] |
Civil solidarity pact since 2009[673]
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Legal since 2013
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Legal since 2013
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France responsible for defence
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination
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Under French law
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 Papua New Guinea
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Male illegal Penalty: 3 to 14 years imprisonment (Not enforced). Female always legal[49]
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 Solomon Islands
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Illegal Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment (Not enforced).[49] |
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Has no military | [674]
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 Vanuatu
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Legal since 2007 + UN decl. sign.[49] |
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Bans some anti-gay discrimination
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Micronesia
| LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Recognition of same-sex unions | Same-sex marriage | Adoption by same-sex couples | LGB people allowed to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation | Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
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 Guam(Unincorporated territory of the United States) |
Legal since 1978
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Since 2015
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Legal since 2015
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Legal since 2002
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United States responsible for defense[675][676]
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Bans some anti-gay discrimination
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Allowed to legally change gender, but requires sex reassignment surgery
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 Micronesia
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Legal + UN decl. sign.[49] |
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Has no military | Bans all anti-gay discrimination[677]
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 Kiribati
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Male illegal Penalty: 5-14 years imprisonment (Not enforced). Female legal[49]
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Has no military | Bans some anti-gay discrimination
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 Marshall Islands
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Legal since 2005 + UN decl. sign.[49] |
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Has no military |
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 Nauru
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Legal since 2016[678][679] + UN decl. sign. |
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Has no military |
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 Northern Mariana Islands(Unincorporated territory of the United States) |
Legal since 1983
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Since 2015
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Legal since 2015
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Legal since 2015
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United States responsible for defense[675][676]
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Bans some anti-gay discrimination[680][681]
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Under the Vital Statistics Act of 2006
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 Palau
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Legal since 2014 + UN decl. sign.[682] |
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Constitutional ban since 2008
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Has no military |
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 United States Minor Outlying Islands(Unincorporated territories of the United States) |
Legal
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Legal
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Legal
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United States responsible for defense[675][676]
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Polynesia
| LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Recognition of same-sex unions | Same-sex marriage | Adoption by same-sex couples | LGB people allowed to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation | Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
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 American Samoa(Unincorporated territory of the United States)[683] |
Legal since 1980
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[684]
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United States responsible for defense[174][676]
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[685]
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 Easter Island(Special territory of Chile) |
Legal since 1999; Age of consent discrepancy + UN decl. sign.[49] |
Civil unions since 2015
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Pending
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Pending
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Chile responsible for defence
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination
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Since 2007
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 Cook Islands(Part of the Realm of New Zealand) |
Male illegal Penalty: 5-14 years imprisonment (Not enforced). Legalization pending[686] Female legal+ UN decl. sign.[49] |
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New Zealand responsible for defence
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Bans some anti-gay discrimination[687]
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 French Polynesia(Overseas collectivity of France) |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the collectivity) + UN decl. sign.[49] |
Since 2013
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Legal since 2013
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Legal since 2013
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France responsible for defence
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination
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Under French law
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 Hawaii(Constituent state of the United States) |
Since 1972
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Since 1997
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Since 2013
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Since 2012
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United States responsible for defence
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination
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 Niue(Part of the Realm of New Zealand) |
Legal since 2007 + UN decl. sign.[49] |
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New Zealand responsible for defence
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 Pitcairn Islands(Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom) |
Legal since 2001 + UN decl. sign.[49] |
Since 2015
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Legal since 2015[688]
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Legal since 2015[689]
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UK responsible for defence
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Constitutional ban on all anti-gay discrimination[690]
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 Samoa
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Male illegal Penalty: 5-7 years imprisonment (Not enforced). Female always legal+ UN decl. sign.[49] |
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Has no military | Bans some anti-gay discrimination[691]
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Samoa has a large transgender or "third-gender" community called the fa'afafine. They are a recognized part of traditional Samoan customs.
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 Tokelau(Part of the Realm of New Zealand) |
Legal since 2007 + UN decl. sign.[49] |
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New Zealand responsible for defence
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 Tonga
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Male illegal Penalty: Up to 10 years imprisonment (Not enforced). Female always legal[49]
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 Tuvalu
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Male illegal Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment (Not enforced). Female legal+ UN decl. sign.[49] |
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Has no military |
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 Wallis and Futuna(Overseas collectivity of France) |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the collectivity) + UN decl. sign.[49] |
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