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  • Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
  • Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
  • Changing Gender
    Ambiguous
  • Adoption
    ✖ Single only
  • Discrimination
    Illegal in some contexts
  • Employment Discrimination
    Ambiguous
  • Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Military
    ✔ Legal
  • Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
  • Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
  • Conversion Therapy
    Ambiguous

History

Homosexual activity in Palau

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Current status
(since Oct 16, 2014)
Legal
Homosexuality is legal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
76crimes.com/2014/10/16/two…
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Until Oct 16, 2014
Male illegal, female legal
Up to 10 years prison
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
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Same-sex marriage in Palau

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Current status
(since Jan 1, 2008)
Unrecognized
Only in Kiribati.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Right to change legal gender in Palau

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Current status
Ambiguous
No laws in place.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Same-sex adoption in Palau

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Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
travel.state.gov/content/tr…
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LGBT discrimination in Palau

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Current status
Illegal in some contexts
Some protections under sex discrimination.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT employment discrimination in Palau

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Current status
Ambiguous
Some discrimination protections under sex discrimination.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Palau

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Current status
No protections
No protections for lgbt there.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Palau

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Current status
Legal
Missing discrimination protections.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Blood donations by MSMs in Palau

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

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Current status
(since Jan 1, 2014)
Equal
Set age of Consent.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Conversion therapy in Palau

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Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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