Current Version
| Region | Antarctica |
| Issue | Equal age of consent |
| Status | Equal |
| Start Date | past |
| End Date | now |
| Description | No laws prohibiting homosexuality. No punishments can occur in Antarctica. |
| Sources | No sources needed. |
Revision History (2)
Revision by Sky. Fixing information.
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|---|---|---|
| Value | Unequal | Equal |
| Description | no. | No laws prohibiting homosexuality. No punishments can occur in Antarctica. |
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| Sources | no. | No sources needed. |
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| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Unequal |
| Special Status | N/A | (REMOVED) |
| Description | Antarctica has no permanent human population or government. | no. |
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| Sources | http://www.gaytravel.com/gay-guides/antarctica | no. |
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Reports (15)
- Other "?"
- Other "just the word "no" with a period is not enough. should be N/A as antartica has, once again, no permanent human population or government"
- Status is not correct "The only source I've found on age of consent is a reddit user who stated the Treaty of Antarctica indicates that age of consent is based off of country of origin.
Thus, I believe N/A is a more accurate status"
- Newer law has been passed
- Sources are invalid or broken "There is no proper answer and no correct sources."
- Status is not correct "No government "
- Newer law has been passed "No laws in Antarctica about it"
- Sources are invalid or broken "There are no sources for this, as Antartica has no permanent human population or government."
- Status is not correct "Antarctica has no legally recognized population, so there is an equal age of consent in Antarctica: N/A"
- Newer law has been passed
- Newer law has been passed "There is no law referenced here. "
- Sources are invalid or broken
- Status is not correct
- Sources are invalid or broken "The description is simply "no", and there aren't any sources."
- Status is not correct "The first part is right ("no permanent human population") but, for the most part, not the second part ("no government").
Only Marie Byrd Land has no government (because no country has claimed it), but the rest of Antarctica is claimed and each of the claimants applies a suite of laws to its claimed territory (for two examples, see the discussion of [1] British Antarctic Territory and [2] Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land in Report 102 in "Equal Human Rights and Civil Rights for All Persons, No Matter Their Gender, No Matter Their Sexual Orientation: An Interpretive Newsletter" (www.humciv.com)>"