Niutao is governed by federal Tuvalu law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Male illegal, female 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
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- N/A
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Female equal, male N/A
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Public Opinion
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Niutao is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Tuvalu, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Niutao is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
No laws allowing the legal change of gender, despite transgenderism being ingrained in Tuvalu culture under the term "Binabinaina".
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Niutao is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
No legal recognition.
LGBT employment discrimination in Niutao is sexual orientation only.
LGBT housing discrimination in Niutao is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Intersex infant surgery in Niutao is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Serving openly in military in Niutao is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Tuvalu has no military forces.
Blood donations by MSMs in Niutao is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Conversion therapy in Niutao is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Tuvalu.
Equal age of consent in Niutao is female equal, male n/a.
Current status
Female equal, male N/A
Sex between males is illegal, however, sex between females is legal, and the age of consent is equal to the age of consent for heterosexual couples.
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