- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Ambiguous
- 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
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Guam is legal.
Current status
Since Jun 9, 2015
Legal
Under Guam Lawmakers.
Until Jun 9, 2015
Unrecognized
Same-sex marriage was 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 no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
There is no evidence that Guam censors LGBTQIA+ issues and topics.
Right to change legal gender in Guam is legal, no restrictions.
Current status
Legal, no restrictions
Legally federally. Missing non binary options on documents.
Gender-affirming care in Guam is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
There is no negative law impacting gender affirming care in the American territory of Guam.
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 Feb 26, 2021
Legal under federal United States law
President Biden removed former President Trumps ban on transgender people serving in the military, transgender people are still allowed to serve as of 2024.
A year after the ban was lifted, Admiral Levine was sworn into being an Admiral, becoming the first transgender woman to hold a high rank in the Navy and in Cabinet.
A year after the ban was lifted, Admiral Levine was sworn into being an Admiral, becoming the first transgender woman to hold a high rank in the Navy and in Cabinet.
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned under federal United States law
New policy goes into effect barring individuals with a "condition" known as "gender dysphoria."
Legal under federal United States law
In 2011, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was repealed by the Obama Administration. Former President Obama allowed members who were dishonorably discharged under DADT, to receive an honorable discharge.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell under federal United States law
Don't Ask, Don't Tell was the historic compromise signed by President Bill Clinton authorizing people who are LGBT to serve in the military provided they didn't disclose sexuality. The law also removed the ability for others in the military from asking for a service member's orientation.
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
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