1935 in LGBT Rights

In 1935, there were 1 recorded legal change made affecting LGBT people. In the previous year, there were changes made and in the following year. A total of 34 legal changes were made in the 1930s.

  • September 1
    Homosexual activity becomes illegal (death penalty as punishment).
    Section 175 of the Criminal Code was amended during Nazi rule to create harsher penalties for homosexual behavior between men. Imprisonment was to range from three months to ten years in prison. Many homosexual men died in the Nazi concentration camps they were sent to.