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LGBT Rights in Fiji

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Not legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Non-binary gender recognition
    Unknown
    Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Adoption
    Ambiguous
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✔ Banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Fiji

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Homosexual activity in Fiji is legal.

Current status
Since 2010
Legal
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Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Unsure of the penalty. Fiji inherited its sodomy laws from its British colonizers. Laws invalidated as unconstitutional by Fiji courts.
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Same-sex marriage in Fiji

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Same-sex marriage in Fiji is not legal.

Current status
Since 2002
Not legal
Fijian law states that marriage is specificaly between a man and a woman.
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Jan 1, 2002–Sep 6, 2018
Unrecognized
Got removed in 2010. Gay marriage pending.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Fiji

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Fiji is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Fiji, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Fiji

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Right to change legal gender in Fiji is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
According to the ILGA's Trans Legal Mapping Report, gender marker change is not possible in Fiji.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Fiji

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Fiji is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Fiji

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LGBT discrimination in Fiji is illegal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2009
Illegal
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Illegal
Second country to ban LGBT discrimination in its constitution. The Constitution was abolished following a coup.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Fiji

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LGBT employment discrimination in Fiji is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2007
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under the Employment Relations Promulgation 2007
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LGBT housing discrimination in Fiji

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LGBT housing discrimination in Fiji is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2013
Sexual orientation and gender identity
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Same-sex adoption in Fiji

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Same-sex adoption in Fiji is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Date unknown. Fiji does not allow LGBT foreigners to adopt. It is unclear if LGBT Fijians are permitted to adopt.
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Serving openly in military in Fiji

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Serving openly in military in Fiji is legal.

Current status
Legal
Defended.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Fiji

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Blood donations by MSMs in Fiji is legal.

Current status
Legal
As long as your healthy. According to the Fijian Ministry of Health.
Sources:
www.health.gov.fj/?page_id=1132
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Conversion therapy in Fiji

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Conversion therapy in Fiji is banned.

Current status
Since Mar 6, 2015
Banned
No information.
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Equal age of consent in Fiji

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Equal age of consent in Fiji is equal.

Current status
Since 2010
Equal
Age of consent in Fiji is 16, regardless of sexual orientation.
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