Utirik is governed by federal Marshall Islands law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Hate Crime Protections
- ✖ No protections
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- N/A
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Bathroom Access
- ✔ No explicit protections
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Utirik is banned.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1988
Banned
Published in 1988, the Marshall Islands government legislation established rules for registering births, deaths, and marriages. The expressions used for marriages only described different-sex couples (i.e., one man, and one woman) and did not include any information relating to same-sex marriage. No gay marriages have been officiated in the Marshall Islands.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Utirik is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In the Marshall Islands, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Utirik is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
No laws in the Marshall Islands allow for legal gender change. However, individuals are permitted to change their name.
Gender-affirming care in Utirik is restricted.
Current status
Restricted
Gender-affirming care is not banned but mostly unavailable and lacking in Marshall Islands.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Utirik is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
There is no legal gender recognition provided for nonbinary or intersex people in the Marshall Islands.
Hate crime protections in Utirik is no protections.
Current status
No protections
The Marshall Islands do not provide hate crime protections based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
LGBT employment discrimination in Utirik is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since 2019
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Section 106(1) of the Gender Equality Act (2019) prohibits gender discrimination in the employment sphere. Section 106(2) states that this also includes “multiple discrimination” and “intersectional discrimination”, both of which are defined at Section 102 to include sexual orientation as a protected ground.
Intersex infant surgery in Utirik is not banned.
Current status
Not banned under federal Marshall Islands law
Intersex child surgery not prohibited in the Marshall Islands.
Serving openly in military in Utirik is n/a.
Current status
N/A
The Marshall Islands do not have a military. They are defended by the United States.
Blood donations by MSMs in Utirik is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
MSMS can't donate their blood in Marshall Islands.
Bathroom access in Utirik is no explicit protections.
Current status
No explicit protections
In Marshall Islands, there is no explicit restrictions on trans people rights to go to the bathroom but no explict protections for them as even though the country passed the Gender Equality Act of 2019, which broadens protections by outlawing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity across "legal, economic, employment, social and domestic spheres", but the text does not explicitly mention public accommodations, sex-segregated facilities, or public restrooms.
Conversion therapy in Utirik is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in the Marchall Islands.
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Alternative names: Utirik, Utrōk, Utrōnk