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Age of Consent Legislation/Cases/References
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State

Consensual sex between same-sex couples is lawful at sixteen (16) years [R1.1].


Guam Code Title 9: Crimes & Corrections, Chapter 25: Sexual Offences [L1.1].

§ 25.25. Third Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct.

(a) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree if the person engages in sexual penetration with another person and if any of the following circumstances exists:

(1) that other person is at least fourteen (14) years of age and under sixteen (16) years of age;

(2) force or coercion is used to accomplish the sexual penetration; and

(3) the actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective, mentally incapacitated or physically helpless.

(b) Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree is a felony of the second degree.

§ 25.01.20. Electronic Enticement of a Child as a Third Degree Felony [L1.2].

L1.1 Guam Code: Chapter 25: Sexual Offences (Accessed 21 JUN 09)
L1.2 Guam Code: Chapter 25.01: Solicitation of Children and Child Pornography (Accessed 21 JUN 09)
Civil Unions, Partners Legislation/Cases/References
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State

On 03 June 2009, Vice speaker Benjamin Cruz introduced Bill No. 138 that would allow same-sex civil unions and permit same-sex couples who have lived in Guam for at least five years to receive all benefits granted to heterosexual married couples [R1.1].

R1.1 The Advocate: Guam Debates Civil Unions 05 JUN 09
Homosexuality, Sodomy Legislation/Cases/References
1.

State

In 1978, consensual sex between same-sex couples became lawful [R1.1]

R1.1 ILGA: State-Sponsored Homophobia PDF 382.87kb, fn 126, MAY 08