Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    ✖ Not banned
    Military
    N/A
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Marshall Islands

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Homosexual activity in Marshall Islands is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2005
Legal
Homosexual activity has been legal in the Marshall Islands since 2005.
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Same-sex marriage in Marshall Islands

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Same-sex marriage in Marshall Islands is banned.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1988
Banned
Published in 1988, the Marshall Islands government legislation established rules for registering births, deaths, and marriages. The expressions used for marriages only described different-sex couples (i.e., one man, and one woman) and did not include any information relating to same-sex marriage. No gay marriages have been officiated in the Marshall Islands.
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Marshall Islands

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Marshall Islands is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Marshall Islands, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Sources:
2009-2017.state.gov/documen…
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Right to change legal gender in Marshall Islands

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Right to change legal gender in Marshall Islands is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
No laws in the Marshall Islands allow for legal gender change. However, individuals are permitted to change their name.
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database.ilga.org/marshall-…
database.ilga.org/api/downl…
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Gender-affirming care in Marshall Islands

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Gender-affirming care in Marshall Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Marshall Islands

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Marshall Islands is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
No legal recognition.
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database.ilga.org/marshall-…
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LGBT discrimination in Marshall Islands

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LGBT discrimination in Marshall Islands is illegal.

Current status
Since Mar 29, 2019
Illegal
The Gender Equality Act introduced in 2019 prohibits direct or indirect discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Sources:
rmiparliament.org/cms/image…
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Until Mar 29, 2019
No protections
Prior to 2019, the Marshall Islands did not prevent discrimination against individuals based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In 2015, Germany and Israel recommended the Marshall Islands to make discrimination illegal.
Details
Sources:
starobserver.com.au/news/in…
rmiparliament.org/cms/image…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Marshall Islands

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LGBT employment discrimination in Marshall Islands is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since 2019
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Section 106(1) of the Gender Equality Act (2019) prohibits gender discrimination in the employment sphere. Section 106(2) states that this also includes “multiple discrimination” and “intersectional discrimination”, both of which are defined at Section 102 to include sexual orientation as a protected ground.
Details
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 236)
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LGBT housing discrimination in Marshall Islands

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LGBT housing discrimination in Marshall Islands is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since 2019
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Sexual orientation and gender identity are protected since the The Gender Equality Act (2019).
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Sources:
database.ilga.org/marshall-…
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Same-sex adoption in Marshall Islands

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Same-sex adoption in Marshall Islands is single only.

Current status
Single only
Details
Sources:
rainbowkids.com/internation…
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Intersex infant surgery in Marshall Islands

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Intersex infant surgery in Marshall Islands is not banned.

Current status
Not banned federal law
Intersex child surgery not prohibited in the Marshall Islands.
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Serving openly in military in Marshall Islands

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Serving openly in military in Marshall Islands is n/a.

Current status
N/A
The Marshall Islands do not have a military. They are defended by the United States.
Details
Sources:
home.army.mil/kwajalein/
cia.gov/the-world-factbook/…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Marshall Islands

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Blood donations by MSMs in Marshall Islands is legal.

Current status
Legal
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Conversion therapy in Marshall Islands

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Conversion therapy in Marshall Islands is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in the Marchall Islands.
Details
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 329)
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Equal age of consent in Marshall Islands

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Equal age of consent in Marshall Islands is equal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2005
Equal
The age of consent for homosexuals was made equal along with the legalization of homosexuality in 2005.
Details
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2013071…//old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
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