- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Male illegal, female legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- Ambiguous
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- Ambiguous
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- N/A
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Samoa is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
Homosexuality is currently illegal.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Samoa is state-enforced.
Current status
State-enforced
There have been at least two cases of films with LGBT content getting banned from screening in the country over incompatibility with the country's laws and values.
Right to change legal gender in Samoa is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Samoa has a large transgender community called the fa'afafine and the fa'afatama; but unclear if legal gender changes are allowed
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Samoa is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
No legal recognition.
LGBT discrimination in Samoa is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2013
Illegal in some contexts
Only in Employment only.
LGBT housing discrimination in Samoa is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
under sexual orientation discrimination protections through human rights institute. As well sexual orientation and gender identity under federal hate crime law.
Same-sex adoption in Samoa is single only.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2017
Single only
Under state law.
Serving openly in military in Samoa is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Doesn't have military. they are protected by USA.
Blood donations by MSMs in Samoa is banned (1-year deferral).
Current status
Banned (1-year deferral)
under us blood donation laws.
Equal age of consent in Samoa is equal.
Current status
Equal
Set age of consent but Homosexuality is illegal.
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