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| Region | Argentina |
| Issue | Censorship of LGBT issues |
| Status | No censorship |
| Start Date | May 10, 2012 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Since the end of the military dictatorship in 1983, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics in Argentina on the federal level. Province laws that punished public displays of homosexuality and crossdressing were repealed since the 1990s with the last one being repealed in Formosa in 2012. However, there are still cases of trans people being arbitrarily arrested under laws in some provinces for "passing off as a member of the opposite sex" despite the laws being repealed. |
| Sources | https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/argentina https://agenciapresentes.org/2019/03/24/memorias-lgbt-en-dictadura-en-la-clandestinidad/ https://rightsinexile.org/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-country-list/argentina-lgbtqi-resources/ https://insurrectasypunto.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6698:argentinaformosa-derogo-los-articulos-del-codigo-de-faltas-que-criminalizan-la-homosexualidad-y-el-travestismo-&catid=3:notas&Itemid=3 |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Argentina has had many discriminatory laws in the past varying by province. The 1976-1983 entry may be best moved to the entries that didn't have such laws as it all started in 1953.
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| Start Date | Dec 10, 1983 | May 10, 2012 |
| Description | Since the end of the military dictatorship in 1983, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics in Argentina. However, there are still cases of trans people being arbitrarily arrested under laws in some provinces for "passing off as a member of the opposite sex". | Since the end of the military dictatorship in 1983, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics in Argentina on the federal level. Province laws that punished public displays of homosexuality and crossdressing were repealed since the 1990s with the last one being repealed in Formosa in 2012. However, there are still cases of trans people being arbitrarily arrested under laws in some provinces for "passing off as a member of the opposite sex" despite the laws being repealed. |
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| Sources | https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/argentina https://agenciapresentes.org/2019/03/24/memorias-lgbt-en-dictadura-en-la-clandestinidad/ https://rightsinexile.org/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-country-list/argentina-lgbtqi-resources/ | https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/argentina https://agenciapresentes.org/2019/03/24/memorias-lgbt-en-dictadura-en-la-clandestinidad/ https://rightsinexile.org/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-country-list/argentina-lgbtqi-resources/ https://insurrectasypunto.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6698:argentinaformosa-derogo-los-articulos-del-codigo-de-faltas-que-criminalizan-la-homosexualidad-y-el-travestismo-&catid=3:notas&Itemid=3 |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding more information.
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| Description | Since the end of the military dictatorship in 1983, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics in Argentina | Since the end of the military dictatorship in 1983, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics in Argentina. However, there are still cases of trans people being arbitrarily arrested under laws in some provinces for "passing off as a member of the opposite sex". |
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| Federal Law | Yes | No |
| Sources | https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/argentina https://agenciapresentes.org/2019/03/24/memorias-lgbt-en-dictadura-en-la-clandestinidad/ | https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/argentina https://agenciapresentes.org/2019/03/24/memorias-lgbt-en-dictadura-en-la-clandestinidad/ https://rightsinexile.org/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-country-list/argentina-lgbtqi-resources/ |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding start date due to military dictatorship.
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| Start Date | (unknown) | Dec 10, 1983 |
| Description | In Argentina, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics. | Since the end of the military dictatorship in 1983, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics in Argentina |
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| Sources | https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/argentina | https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/argentina https://agenciapresentes.org/2019/03/24/memorias-lgbt-en-dictadura-en-la-clandestinidad/ |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding a source.
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| Federal Law | No | Yes |
| Sources | https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/argentina |