Oceania

Map of LGBT Rights in Oceania — BLUE: Same-sex marriage legal and sexual orientation/gender identity discrimination prohibited; PURPLE: Foreign same-sex marriages recognized, no discrimination protections;GREEN: Sexual orientation discrimination prohibited; YELLOW: Sodomy illegal; YELLOW with GREEN outline: Sodomy illegal, but some sexual orientation discrimination prohibited; RED: Constitution bans same-sex marriage, but homosexuality is legal, no discrimination protections; GREY: Sodomy legal, same-sex marriage not permitted, no discrimination protections
2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Progress and reversals in Oceania and Australia
In a tradition that's unique to Vanuatu, women in the South Pacific island nation make music in the water. (Photo courtesy of RitmosGlobales.com)
Anti-gay moves in South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu
Tonga scene
Anti-gay lawyers seek to oust Tonga’s openly gay chief justice
Tupou VI, King of Tonga
Homophobic South Pacific nation of Tonga gets a gay chief justice
Anti-LGBT bias vs. medical advances against HIV: One nation’s story
French LGBTQ rights marchers call for immediate liberation of last colonies
2023 World Same-Sex Marriage and LGBT Rights Progress – Part 4: Africa and Oceania
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Same-sex couple Karla Eggleton and Lara Sadaraka are mothers of Kayla Pouana Ngaroa Ki Ivanui Pafuti Sadaraka-Eggelton.. Eggleton is the CEO of Destination Cook Islands. (Photo courtesy of Hannah Maule-ffinch / Pink News)
How the Cook Islands freed its LGBTQ+ community
Tatryanna Utanga, executive officer of the Te Tiare Association (Photo courtesy of the Te Tiare Association via Cook Islands News)
Tally of nations with anti-gay laws drops to 67 as Cook Islands votes for repeal
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New project aims to document Pride flags all over the world
Just 1 openly gay Olympian from the 71 nations with anti-homosexuality laws