▸  Oceania

  • Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
  • Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Not legal
  • Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, but requires surgery
  • Adoption
    Married couples only
  • Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
  • Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
  • Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
  • Military
    ✔ Legal
  • Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
  • Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
  • Conversion Therapy
    ✔ Banned

History

Homosexual activity in Fiji

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Current status
(since 2010)
Legal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=140812
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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.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
yawningbread.org/arch_2005/…
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Same-sex marriage in Fiji

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Jan 1, 2002–Sep 6, 2018
Unrecognized
Got removed in 2010. Gay marriage pending.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Current status
(since 2002)
Not legal
Fijian law states that marriage is specificaly between a man and a woman.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
go-fiji.com/marriage.html
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Right to change legal gender in Fiji

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Current status
Legal, but requires surgery
sterilization not enforced.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Same-sex adoption in Fiji

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Current status
Married couples only
Date unknown. Fiji does not allow LGBT foreigners to adopt. It is unclear if LGBT Fijians are permitted to adopt.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ag.gov.au/FamiliesAndMarria…
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LGBT discrimination in Fiji

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Current status
(since Jan 1, 2009)
Illegal
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Illegal
Second country to ban LGBT discrimination in its constitution. The Constitution was abolished following a coup.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
refworld.org/docid/469cd69b44.html
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LGBT housing discrimination in Fiji

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Current status
(since Jan 1, 2013)
Sexual orientation and gender identity
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILG…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Fiji

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Current status
(since Jan 1, 2007)
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under the Employment Relations Promulgation 2007
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Fiji

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Current status
Legal
Defended.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Equal age of consent in Fiji

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Current status
(since 2010)
Equal
Age of consent in Fiji is 16, regardless of sexual orientation.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
paclii.org/fj/legis/Fiji%20…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Fiji

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Current status
Legal
As long as your healthy. According to the Fijian Ministry of Health.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
www.health.gov.fj/?page_id=1132
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Conversion therapy in Fiji

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Current status
(since Mar 6, 2015)
Banned
No information.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILG…
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