🇨🇨Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Yes. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands is Tier 1, free and accepted: marriage, protections and acceptance well beyond the capital. Australian law applies, including marriage. A territory of Australia.

Yes. Same-sex activity is legal in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Tier 1 on our ranking: marriage, protections and acceptance everywhere, not just the capital. Read more →

Yes. Australian law applies, including marriage. Couples travel as couples here: share the room, hold hands, say husband.

Yes. Go. Hold hands, book the double room, kiss at the airport. The whole country is on your side, not just the capital.

Yes. In the Cocos (Keeling) Islands the apps are simply how the boys find each other. Meet in public first, the same as at home.

Yes. Book the double bed and say it is for two; the Cocos (Keeling) Islands is Tier 1 and nobody blinks.

Tier 1, free and accepted, means same-sex activity legal, marriage or strong unions, anti-discrimination protections, and broad acceptance beyond the big cities. Where two tiers are plausible we choose the more cautious one. Read more →

Yes, a territory of Australia, so the law follows Australia. Australian law applies, including marriage.

Tier 1 also holds Iceland, Spain, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and 18 more. Marriage, protections and acceptance everywhere, not just the capital. Read more →

Confidence is medium. The tier comes from ILGA World, the ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Human Dignity Trust, the Williams Institute, Pew, the Spartacus Gay Travel Index, Equaldex and court rulings, last reviewed September 2026. Spotted a change? Tell us and it moves. Read more →