Nauru — Indice du Voyage Gay 2026

Name: Nauru — Gay Travel Index 2026
Creator: GayOut
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40/100

Prudence conseillée #120 of 207

Score = Juridique 37/60 + Scène 3/40 = 40/100 · 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.

Sécurité juridique · Legal milestones · La scène sur place · Questions fréquentes

Sécurité juridique — 37/60 points

Criminalisation	Legal (2016)
Partenariat	● Non not recognised
Anti-discrimination	● Non
Reconnaissance du genre	—
Application dans les faits	—

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.

1921Australian administration applied Queensland's criminal code to Nauru, entrenching colonial-era sodomy laws. ↗
2011The government pledged at the United Nations to decriminalize consensual same-sex relations. ↗
2016Parliament passed the Crimes Act 2016 in May, legalizing same-sex sexual activity and honoring its UN pledge. ↗
2017A new marriage registration law defined marriage as between one man and one woman, barring recognition of foreign same-sex marriages. ↗
TodaySame-sex relations were legal, but couples had no recognition and no anti-discrimination protections existed. ↗

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

La scène sur place — 3/40 points

Lieux LGBTQ+ répertoriés

Bars gay

Saunas gay

Villes avec une scène

Marches des fiertés

Festivals de cinéma queer

Detailed scene metrics (for researchers)

Bars gay par million	0
Saunas par million	0
Événements par million	0
Niveau de couverture	—
Score de la scène	3/40 (indice brut de la scène 8/100)

Questions fréquentes

Nauru est-il une destination sûre pour les voyageurs gays ?

Nauru is rated Some caution on the GayOut Gay Travel Index 2026, scoring 40/100 overall with a legal safety component of 37/60.

Le mariage entre personnes de même sexe est-il légal en Nauru ?

No. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Nauru. Overall legal status: Legal (2016).

Y a-t-il une scène gay en Nauru ?

Nauru has a limited documented gay scene: GayOut lists 3 LGBTQ+ venues, including 0 dedicated gay bars.