Vanuatu
Vanuatu has same-sex relations legal since 2007 (2006 Penal Code amendment), but Nov 2024 parliament confirmed marriage-equality ban covering religious, civil and traditional forms. No anti-discrimination, no legal gender change. No active gay scene · conservative society · PDA discouraged.
LGBTQI+ legal framework · Vanuatu
Social context · Vanuatu
Socially conservative country · travellers advised to avoid PDA · no active LGBT scene
Source →Under the 2017 Prosecutors Code, the question of whether a bias motive — including against a victim's SO or GI — drove the offence must be weighed · no formal criminal aggravator
Source →Indicative data as of 2026-05-18. Check the destination country's official sources before travelling.
Experiences
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Evolution
LGBTQI+ · Vanuatu
Same-sex marriage ban
Vanuatu's parliament enacted in November 2024 a comprehensive bar on same-sex unions covering religious, civil and customary forms.
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