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| Region | Latvia |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Male illegal, female legal |
| Start Date | Jun 15, 1940 |
| End Date | Jan 1, 1992 |
| Description | An article under which sodomy was punishable by imprisonment from 5 to 8 years appeared in the Soviet Criminal Code on March 7, 1934 - number 154-a: “Sexual intercourse between a man and a man (sodomy) - imprisonment for a term of three to five years. Sodomy committed with the use of violence or taking advantage of the dependent position of the victim - imprisonment for a term of five to eight years." |
| Sources | https://www.gazeta.ru/science/2018/12/17_a_12097333.shtml http://museumreforms.ru/node/13816 |
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| Start Date | Mar 7, 1934 | Jun 15, 1940 |
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| Start Date | (unknown) | Mar 7, 1934 |
| Description | Homosexual activity between men was prohibited before 1992. Sexual acts between women were not explicitly criminalized. | An article under which sodomy was punishable by imprisonment from 5 to 8 years appeared in the Soviet Criminal Code on March 7, 1934 - number 154-a: “Sexual intercourse between a man and a man (sodomy) - imprisonment for a term of three to five years. Sodomy committed with the use of violence or taking advantage of the dependent position of the victim - imprisonment for a term of five to eight years." |
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| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20070422102020/http://www.ilga-europe.org/europe/guide/country_by_country/latvia | https://www.gazeta.ru/science/2018/12/17_a_12097333.shtml http://museumreforms.ru/node/13816 |
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| Description | Homosexual activity between men was prohibited before 1992. Sexual acts between women was not explicitly criminalized. | Homosexual activity between men was prohibited before 1992. Sexual acts between women were not explicitly criminalized. |
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| Original entry | |
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| Status | Male illegal, female legal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | 1992 |
| Description | Homosexual activity between men was prohibited before 1992. Sexual acts between women was not explicitly criminalized. |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20070422102020/http://www.ilga-europe.org/europe/guide/country_by_country/latvia |