Nui 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
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- N/A
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Ambiguous
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Public Opinion
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Nui 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 Nui 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 Nui is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
No legal recognition.
LGBT discrimination in Nui is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Homosexuality is still illegal.
LGBT employment discrimination in Nui is sexual orientation only.
LGBT housing discrimination in Nui is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Nui is single only.
Current status
Single only
no other laws in place.
Serving openly in military in Nui is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Tuvalu has no military forces.
Blood donations by MSMs in Nui is legal.
Current status
Legal
In all of Oceania
Conversion therapy in Nui 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 Nui is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Equal for women, inequal for men
Legal Rights
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