LGBT Rights in Bougainville Autonomous Region

    Homosexuality
    ✖ Male illegal, female legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    Unknown
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    Unknown
    Discrimination
    Unknown
    Employment Discrimination
    Unknown
    Housing Discrimination
    Unknown
    Adoption
    Unknown
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    ✖ Not banned
    Military
    Unknown
    Donating Blood
    Unknown
    Conversion Therapy
    Unknown
    Age of Consent
    Unknown
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History

Homosexual activity in Bougainville

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Homosexual activity in Bougainville is male illegal, female legal.

Current status
Male illegal, female legal
Up to 14 years in prison. Not enforced.
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Same-sex marriage in Bougainville

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Same-sex marriage in Bougainville is unrecognized.

Current status
Unrecognized
Only criminalized in Kiribati.
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Bougainville

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Bougainville is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Bougainville, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Bougainville

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Right to change legal gender in Bougainville is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Gender-affirming care in Bougainville

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Gender-affirming care in Bougainville is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bougainville

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bougainville is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Bougainville

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LGBT discrimination in Bougainville is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT employment discrimination in Bougainville

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LGBT employment discrimination in Bougainville is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT housing discrimination in Bougainville

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LGBT housing discrimination in Bougainville is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Same-sex adoption in Bougainville

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Same-sex adoption in Bougainville is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Intersex infant surgery in Bougainville

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Intersex infant surgery in Bougainville is not banned.

Current status
Not banned under federal Papua New Guinea law
There is no ban on surgeries performed on intersex infants in Papua New Guinea.
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Serving openly in military in Bougainville

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Serving openly in military in Bougainville is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Blood donations by MSMs in Bougainville

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Blood donations by MSMs in Bougainville is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Bougainville

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Conversion therapy in Bougainville is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Equal age of consent in Bougainville

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Equal age of consent in Bougainville is unknown.

Current status
Unknown