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Australasia

LGBT rights in:	Homosexual acts legal?	Recognition of same-sex relationships	Same-sex marriage	Same-sex adoption	Allows gays to serve openly in military?	Anti-discrimination (sexual orientation)	Laws concerning gender identity/expression	Immigration equality for same-sex couples
Australia (incl. Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Norfolk Island)	Legal since 1994 in all Australian states and territories + UN decl. sign.	Unregistered cohabitation in all states, registered partnerships in ACT, Tasmania and Victoria		ACT, Western Australia other states and territories	Yes, since 1992	Bans most anti-gay discrimination	NSW (Anti-Discrimination Act)
New Zealand	Legal since 1986 + UN decl. sign.	Yes, since 2004				Bans all anti-gay discrimination	Covered under the 'sex discrimination' provision of the Human Rights Act 1993 since 2006.

Melanesia

LGBT rights in:	Homosexual acts legal?	Recognition of same-sex relationships	Same-sex marriage	Same-sex adoption	Allows gays to serve openly in military?	Anti-discrimination (sexual orientation)
East Timor (terminology "Oceania" varies on border defintions)	Legal + UN decl. sign	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Fiji	Male illegal Female legal					1997 constitution that banned all anti-gay discrimination has been suspended
New Caledonia (overseas collectivity of France)	Legal	Civil union	No	Unknown	Yes since?	Unknown
Papua New Guinea	Illegal
Solomon Islands	Illegal
Vanuatu	Legal	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Micronesia

LGBT rights in:	Homosexual acts legal?	Recognition of same-sex relationships	Same-sex marriage	Same-sex adoption	Allows gays to serve openly in military?	Anti-discrimination (sexual orientation)
Guam (unincorporated territory of the United States)	Legal since 1979				Unknown	Bans all anti-gay discrimination
Micronesia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Kiribati	Male illegal Female legal
Marshall Islands	Legal since?				Unknown
Nauru	Male illegal Female legal
Northern Mariana Islands	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Palau	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Polynesia

LGBT rights in:	Homosexual acts legal?	Recognition of same-sex relationships	Same-sex marriage	Same-sex adoption	Allows gays to serve openly in military?	Anti-discrimination (sexual orientation)
American Samoa (unincorporated territory of the United States) ^[1]	Legal since 1899				US military has "Don't ask, don't tell" policy	Unknown
Chile ( Rapa Nui only)	Legal since 1998				Unknown
Cook Islands (part of the realm of New Zealand)	Male illegal Female legal
French Polynesia (overseas collectivity of France)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Unknown
Niue (part of the realm of New Zealand)	Legal since 2007	Unknown			Unknown	Unknown
Pitcairn Islands (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Legal since 1967	Civil partnerships since 2005				Bans most anti-gay discrimination
Samoa
Tokelau (part of the realm of New Zealand)	Legal since 2007	Unknown			Unknown	Unknown
Tonga	Male illegal Female legal
Tuvalu	Male illegal Female legal
Wallis and Futuna (overseas collectivity of France)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Unknown

References

^ "Sodomy Laws American Samoa". Sodomylaws.org. N.A. Retrieved 2008-12-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[1] "Sodomy Laws American Samoa". Sodomylaws.org. N.A. Retrieved 2008-12-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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