Compare LGBT Rights in Tonga & Vanuatu

Equality Index ?
9 / 100
40 / 100
Legal Index ?
9 / 100
46 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?Not enough data
34 / 100
Homosexual activityMale illegal, female legal
Since 1988
Legal
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1998
Banned
Since 2024
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 1978
No censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careUnknownLegal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2010
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2014
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationUnknownNo protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 2013
Single only
Intersex infant surgeryUnknownNot banned
Serving openly in militaryUnknownN/A
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentUnknownEqual
Since 2007
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