- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- Unknown
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Public Opinion
Recent surveys in Guam have revealed a mixed response towards LGBTQ+ rights and issues.
Guam Surveys
Support for Same-Sex Marriage
(University of Guam, 2015)
History
Same-sex marriage in Guam is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2015
Legal
Under Guam Lawmakers.
Until Jun 26, 2015
Unrecognized
Same-sex marriage is not legal, but Guam is represented by the 9th Circuit Court which has ruled in favor of marriage equality -- making same-sex marriage legal in all states represented by the 9th Circuit. Also, due to Supreme Court case, United States vs. Windsor, legally married couples are granted at the federal level.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Guam is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Right to change legal gender in Guam is legal, no restrictions.
Current status
Legal, no restrictions
Legally federally. Missing non binary options on documents.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Guam is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Not currently legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Guam is illegal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2015
Illegal
Under Guam Lawmakers
LGBT employment discrimination in Guam is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2015
Sexual orientation and gender identity
under the Guam Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
Same-sex adoption in Guam is legal.
Current status
Legal
as being a territory of USA.
Serving openly in military in Guam is legal.
Current status
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Don't Ask, Don't Tell is officially repealed throughout the United States, and gays and lesbians may openly serve.
Blood donations by MSMs in Guam is legal.
Current status
Since May 11, 2023
Legal
The new FDA policy on blood donation eliminates deferrals and screening questions specific to men who have sex with men (MSM). Prospective donors will be asked the same set of questions regardless of their sex or sexual orientation.
Banned (less than 6-month deferral)
Blood donation centers follow the new FDA 3-month deferral guidance.
Banned (1-year deferral)
Blood donation centers followed the non-binding FDA one-year deferral guidance.
Conversion therapy in Guam is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized in any of the US territories.
Equal age of consent in Guam is equal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1978
Equal