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  • Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Male illegal, female legal
  • Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Not legal
  • Changing Gender
    Ambiguous
  • Adoption
    ✖ Single only
  • Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Military
    N/A
  • Age of Consent
    ✖ Unequal
  • Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
  • Conversion Therapy
    Ambiguous

History

Homosexual activity in Tuvalu

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Current status
(since May 19, 2017)
Male illegal, female legal
5 to 10 years in prison. Not enforced. Decriminalization pending.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
76crimes.wordpress.com/2014…
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Until May 18, 2018
Male illegal, female legal
Men can receive up to 14 years in prison.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
The Penal Code sections 153, 154 and 155.
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Same-sex marriage in Tuvalu

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Current status
Not legal
Not legal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Right to change legal gender in Tuvalu

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Current status
Ambiguous
No laws in place. Missing non binary options on documents.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
nationalgeographic.com/maga…
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Same-sex adoption in Tuvalu

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Current status
Single only
no other laws in place.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT discrimination in Tuvalu

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Current status
No protections
Homosexuality is still illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Tuvalu

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Current status
No protections
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT employment discrimination in Tuvalu

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Current status
No protections
Homosexuality is still illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Tuvalu

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Current status
N/A
Tuvalu has no military forces.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
Tuvalu has no military forces.
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Equal age of consent in Tuvalu

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Current status
Unequal
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Blood donations by MSMs in Tuvalu

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Current status
Legal
In all of Oceania
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Conversion therapy in Tuvalu

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