Aiwo is governed by federal Nauru law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- N/A
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Aiwo is banned.
Current status
Since Feb 1, 2018
Banned
There is no legal recognition of same-sex couples in Nauru. Section 49 of The Births Deaths and Marriages Registration Act (2017) states that "Marriage in the Republic shall be the voluntary union of one man and one woman." Section 70 states that "A marriage solemnized in a foreign country shall not be recognized as a marriage in the Republic if the marriage is (a) between a male and another male; (b) between a female and another female."
Censorship of LGBT issues in Aiwo is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Nauru, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Aiwo is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Nauru does not have a legal process in place for individuals to change their gender marker on official documents, such as IDs and passports.
"While homosexuality is allowed now, there are no anti-discrimination laws or recognition of same-sex unions. Trans people also do not have a right to legally change their gender."
"While homosexuality is allowed now, there are no anti-discrimination laws or recognition of same-sex unions. Trans people also do not have a right to legally change their gender."
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Aiwo is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Not legally recognized currently. Transgender individuals cannot change their gender legally in Nauru, not allowing the change of third genders.
LGBT discrimination in Aiwo is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since Jun 10, 2016
Illegal in some contexts
The Leadership Code Act 2016, which was passed in June 2016, states that a "leader" must not "discriminate between persons participating in or seeking to participate in Government on account of their age, race, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, place of origin or political beliefs or opinions". The term "leader" includes the office of president, speaker and deputy speaker of parliament, cabinet minister, member of parliament, judicial officers, ambassadors, electoral commissioners, commissioner of police, chief justice, etc.
LGBT employment discrimination in Aiwo is no protections.
Current status
Since May 27, 2016
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Aiwo is no protections.
Current status
Since May 27, 2016
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Aiwo is single only.
Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
Serving openly in military in Aiwo is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Australia manages Nauru's military. Since Nauru does not manage their own military, there is no possibility of whether or not LGBTQ+ people can serve.
Blood donations by MSMs in Aiwo is legal.
Current status
Legal
No laws in place.
Conversion therapy in Aiwo is sexual orientation only.
Current status
Since May 12, 2016
Sexual orientation only
Under Nauru's Mentally Disordered Persons Act (2016), a person cannot be deemed mentally disordered for expressing or failing to express a sexual preference or orientation, which means that health professionals cannot practice conversion therapy.
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