- Homosexuality⚢✔ Legal
- Marriage⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Adoption✖ Illegal
- DiscriminationIllegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination✖ No protections
- Housing DiscriminationAmbiguous
- Military✔ Legal
- Donating Blood✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Age of Consent✔ Equal
- Conversion TherapyAmbiguous
History
Current status
(since Jun 10, 2015)
(since Jun 10, 2015)
Unrecognized
Gay Marriage and Unions Pending.
Until Jun 26, 2015
Unrecognized
Same-sex marriage is not legal, and since American-Samoa has no federal courts, it is unclear if they can be sued for marriage equality at the state level as other states have done. However, due to Supreme Court case, United States vs. Windsor, legally married couples are granted at the federal level. This would include people from American-Samoa if it were recognized.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Under USA Sex change law amendment. Missing non binary option on documents.
Current status
(since Jan 1, 2017)
(since Jan 1, 2017)
Single only
Under American Samoa territory law. legal under federal law.
Current status
Illegal
No LGBT adoption laws.
Current status
Illegal
No LGBT adoption laws.
Current status
Illegal in some contexts
Only protection for employment. under federal hate crime laws.
Current status
Ambiguous
Some under federal hate crime laws.
Current status
No protections
No
Current status
No protections
No
Current status
No protections
No
Current status
(since Sep 20, 2012)
(since Sep 20, 2012)
Legal
Don't Ask, Don't Tell is officially repealed throughout the United States, and gays and lesbians may openly serve.
Current status
(since Jan 1, 1980)
(since Jan 1, 1980)
Equal
No
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