Kiribati — Índice de Viagens Gay 2026

Name: Kiribati — Gay Travel Index 2026
Creator: GayOut
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23/100

Alto risco #142 of 207

Pontuação = Legal 23/60 + Cena 0/40 = 23/100 · thin scene coverage — legal-weighted provisional score

Updated 7 Oct 2026 · release 2026.3.

A live score, not an annual report — it recomputes as laws, rulings and the scene itself change. See what moved in 2026.

Segurança legal · Legal milestones · A cena no local · Perguntas frequentes

⚠ Criminalizado

Relações entre pessoas do mesmo sexo são criminalizadas ou ativamente reprimidas aqui. Consulte os avisos de viagem do seu governo antes de qualquer viagem; esta página é informativa, não uma recomendação de viagem.

Segurança legal — 23/60 pontos

Criminalização	Criminalized
União legal	● Não not recognised
Antidiscriminação	● Parcial
Reconhecimento de gênero	—
Aplicação na prática	—

Legal composite, five components

Fulfilment per component (100 = maximum). Weights: criminalisation 35% · partnership 20% · enforcement 20% · anti-discrimination 15% · gender recognition 10%.

Legal milestones

Background, not travel advice — how the current status came to be. For planning a trip, rely on the current score, tier and scene sections above; 2026 movements are tracked in the sourced change log.

1979Kiribati kept its colonial-era Penal Code at independence, criminalizing sexual activity between men with up to fourteen years' imprisonment. ↗
2015The Employment and Industrial Relations Code explicitly banned workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation. ↗
2016Kiribati voted at the UN to retain the independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity, unusual for a criminalizing country. ↗
TodaySex between men stayed illegal on paper though unenforced; sex between women was legal, and the binabinaaine third gender remained culturally recognized. ↗

Sources: ILGA World · Human Dignity Trust · Equaldex. Each milestone links to a reference source ↗.

A cena no local — 0/40 pontos

Locais LGBTQ+ listados

Bares gay

Saunas gay

Cidades com cena

Paradas do Orgulho

Festivais de cinema queer

Detailed scene metrics (for researchers)

Bares gay por milhão	—
Saunas por milhão	—
Eventos por milhão	0
Grau de cobertura	—
Pontuação da cena	0/40 (índice bruto da cena 0/100)

Perguntas frequentes

Kiribati é seguro para viajantes gays?

Kiribati is rated High risk on the GayOut Gay Travel Index 2026: same-sex intimacy is criminalized or actively repressed. Its legal safety component is 23/60.

O casamento entre pessoas do mesmo sexo é legal em Kiribati?

No. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Kiribati. Overall legal status: Criminalized.

Existe uma cena gay em Kiribati?

GayOut currently lists no LGBTQ+ venues in Kiribati, so any gay scene is limited, informal or not publicly documented.