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LGBT Rights in Funafuti Island Council

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    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✖ Male illegal, female legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ Sexual orientation only
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    N/A
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    Ambiguous
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History

Homosexual activity in Funafuti

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Homosexual activity in Funafuti is male illegal, female legal.

Current status
Since May 19, 2017
Male illegal, female legal
5 to 10 years in prison. Not enforced. Decriminalization pending.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
76crimes.wordpress.com/2014…
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Until May 18, 2018
Male illegal, female legal
Men can receive up to 14 years in prison.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
The Penal Code sections 153, 154 and 155.
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Same-sex marriage in Funafuti

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Same-sex marriage in Funafuti is banned.

Current status
Since Sep 5, 2023
Banned
Constitutionally banned since 2023.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
tuvalu-legislation.tv/cms/i…
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Funafuti

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Funafuti is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Tuvalu, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Right to change legal gender in Funafuti

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Right to change legal gender in Funafuti is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
No laws allowing the legal change of gender, despite transgenderism being ingrained in Tuvalu culture under the term "Binabinaina".
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No laws, thus no source.
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Gender-Affirming Care in Funafuti

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Gender-Affirming Care in Funafuti is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Funafuti

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Funafuti is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
No legal recognition.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No laws, thus no source.
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LGBT discrimination in Funafuti

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LGBT discrimination in Funafuti is no protections.

Current status
No protections
Homosexuality is still illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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LGBT employment discrimination in Funafuti

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LGBT employment discrimination in Funafuti is sexual orientation only.

Current status
Since 2017
Sexual orientation only
Section 50 of the Labour and Employment Relations Act (2017) prohibits discrimination at the workplace, including on the basis of sexual orientation as a protected attribute (under Section 50(2)(b)).
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 237)
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LGBT housing discrimination in Funafuti

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LGBT housing discrimination in Funafuti is no protections.

Current status
No protections
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Same-sex adoption in Funafuti

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Same-sex adoption in Funafuti is single only.

Current status
Single only
no other laws in place.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Intersex infant surgery in Funafuti

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Intersex infant surgery in Funafuti is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Funafuti

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Serving openly in military in Funafuti is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Tuvalu has no military forces.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
Tuvalu has no military forces.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Funafuti

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Blood donations by MSMs in Funafuti is legal.

Current status
Legal
In all of Oceania
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Conversion therapy in Funafuti

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Conversion therapy in Funafuti is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Tuvalu.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 330)
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Equal age of consent in Funafuti

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Equal age of consent in Funafuti is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Equal for women, inequal for men
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/…
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