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LGBT rights in Tonga

Index LGBT rights in Tonga

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Tonga face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. [1]

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Christian

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Fakaleiti

A fakaleiti (or leiti or fakafefine or lady) is a Tongan male assigned at birth individual who behaves in a relatively effeminate manner.

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Flagellation

Flagellation (Latin flagellum, "whip"), flogging, whipping or lashing is the act of beating the human body with special implements such as whips, lashes, rods, switches, the cat o' nine tails, the sjambok, etc.

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Homosexuality

Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender.

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Human rights in Tonga

Tonga is a constitutional monarchy with a population of approximately 130,000.

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LGBT

LGBT, or GLBT, is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.

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Men who have sex with men

Men who have sex with men (MSM), also known as males who have sex with males, are male persons who engage in sexual activity with members of the same sex, regardless of how they identify themselves; many such men do not sexually identify as gay, homosexual or bisexual.

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Miss Galaxy Pageant

The Miss Galaxy Pageant is an annual event held in NukuOkinaalofa, Tongatapu in the Kingdom of Tonga that selects the "best" Fakaleiti.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Public display of affection

Public displays of affection (PDA) are acts of physical intimacy in the view of others.

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Rape of males

A significant proportion of victims of rape or other sexual violence incidents are male.

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Tonga

Tonga (Tongan: Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is a Polynesian sovereign state and archipelago comprising 169 islands, of which 36 are inhabited.

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Transgender

Transgender people have a gender identity or gender expression that differs from their assigned sex.

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LGBT history in Tonga.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Tonga

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