Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✔ Legal
    Censorship
    Unknown
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    Unknown
    Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Adoption
    ✔ Legal
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Northern Mariana Islands

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Homosexual activity in Northern Mariana Islands is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1983
Legal
According to American Pink
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american.pink
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Same-sex marriage in Northern Mariana Islands

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Same-sex marriage in Northern Mariana Islands is legal.

Current status
Legal
Under obergefell vs hodge
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american.pink
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Northern Mariana Islands

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Northern Mariana Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Right to change legal gender in Northern Mariana Islands

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Right to change legal gender in Northern Mariana Islands is legal, but requires surgery.

Current status
Legal, but requires surgery
Surgery required.
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www.transgendermap.com/reso…
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Gender-affirming care in Northern Mariana Islands

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Gender-affirming care in Northern Mariana Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Northern Mariana Islands

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Northern Mariana Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Northern Mariana Islands

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LGBT discrimination in Northern Mariana Islands is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Under HUD ruling.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Northern Mariana Islands

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

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
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LGBT housing discrimination in Northern Mariana Islands

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

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
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Same-sex adoption in Northern Mariana Islands

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Same-sex adoption in Northern Mariana Islands is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2015
Legal
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Intersex infant surgery in Northern Mariana Islands

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Intersex infant surgery in Northern Mariana Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Northern Mariana Islands

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Serving openly in military in Northern Mariana Islands is legal.

Current status
Since Apr 30, 2021
Legal under federal United States law
President Joe Biden removed former President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military, and transgender people are still allowed to serve as of 2025.

In January of 2025, President Trump signed an executive order that bans transgender people from serving in the military. However, before his executive order can take effect, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth needs to submit a plan on how the military will implement the order.
Details
Sources:
www.npr.org/2021/03/31/9831…
www.whitehouse.gov/briefing…
www.defense.gov/News/News-S…
www.nbcnews.com/news/milita…
www.npr.org/sections/shots-…
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Apr 11, 2019–Apr 29, 2021
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned under federal United States law
New policy goes into effect barring individuals with a "condition" known as "gender dysphoria."
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Sources:
www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/poli…
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Sep 20, 2011–Apr 11, 2019
Legal under federal United States law
In 2011, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was repealed by the Obama Administration. Former President Obama allowed members who were dishonorably discharged under DADT, to receive an honorable discharge.
Details
Sources:
www.hrc.org/our-work/storie…
www.whitehouse.gov/ppo/brie…
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Dec 21, 1993–Sep 20, 2011
Don't Ask, Don't Tell under federal United States law
Don't Ask, Don't Tell was the historic compromise signed by President Bill Clinton authorizing people who are LGBT to serve in the military provided they didn't disclose sexuality. The law also removed the ability for others in the military from asking for a service member's orientation.
Details
Sources:
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-…
catalog.archives.gov/id/122244870 *official document for DADT signed by Former President Clinton*
gao.gov/assets/nsiad-92-98.pdf *study from 1992 to 1998*
www.history.com/news/dont-a…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Northern Mariana Islands

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Blood donations by MSMs in Northern Mariana Islands is legal.

Current status
Since May 11, 2023
Legal under federal United States law
The new FDA policy on blood donation eliminates deferrals and screening questions specific to men who have sex with men (MSM). Prospective donors will be asked the same set of questions regardless of their sex or sexual orientation.
Details
Sources:
www.advocate.com/news/blood…
www.fda.gov/regulatory-info…
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Apr 2, 2020–May 11, 2023
Banned (less than 6-month deferral) under federal United States law
The FDA announced changes to the blood donor eligibility policy in April 2020, reducing the MSM deferral period from 12 months to 3 months. The change came amid the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, where blood was needed urgently.
Details
Sources:
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/nc…
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Dec 21, 2015–Apr 1, 2020
Banned (1-year deferral) under federal United States law
After a series of recommendations, the FDA has moved to a 12 months deferral.
Details
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2015010…
www.vox.com/2015/12/21/1063…
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1983–Dec 21, 2015
Banned (indefinite deferral) under federal United States law
Starting in 1983, the United States implemented a full ban on blood donations from gay men. The primary justification for the ban was the perceived high risk of HIV transmission, with health regulators identifying men who have sex with men (MSM) as a significant risk to the safety of the blood supply.
Details
Sources:
www.vox.com/2015/12/21/1063…
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Conversion therapy in Northern Mariana Islands

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Conversion therapy in Northern Mariana Islands is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Under federal ban. not state wide ban.
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Equal age of consent in Northern Mariana Islands

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Equal age of consent in Northern Mariana Islands is equal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1983
Equal
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