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| Region | Puerto Rico |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Start Date | 1521 |
| End Date | Jun 26, 2003 |
| Description | Prior to the Spanish colonization of Puerto Rico, no laws governed Puerto Rican soil. History of indigenous Tainos may have shown some limited tolerance of "two-spirt" or gender diverse individuals akin to LGBT folks in modern day society, but these links are to thin to draw. The near non-existent archival of Taino culture does not help. In 1521, Puerto Rico was incorporated into New Spain and with it labeled as a Captaincy General and a province of the Spanish empire, which granted it the same rights as any other province in Peninsular Spain, bearing the brunt of colonial anti-sodomy laws in place at the time. |
| Sources | https://www.thefreedictionary.com/viceroyalty https://www.thefreedictionary.com/captaincy+general https://www.britannica.com/event/Laws-of-the-Indies https://archive.org/details/elaugeyelocasode0000mada/page/n7/mode/2up |
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| Status | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 1521 |
| End Date | Jun 26, 2003 |
| Description | Prior to the Spanish colonization of Puerto Rico, no laws governed Puerto Rican soil. History of indigenous Tainos may have shown some limited tolerance of "two-spirt" or gender diverse individuals akin to LGBT folks in modern day society, but these links are to thin to draw. The near non-existent archival of Taino culture does not help. In 1521, Puerto Rico was incorporated into New Spain and with it labeled as a Captaincy General and a province of the Spanish empire, which granted it the same rights as any other province in Peninsular Spain, bearing the brunt of colonial anti-sodomy laws in place at the time. |
| Sources | https://www.thefreedictionary.com/viceroyalty https://www.thefreedictionary.com/captaincy+general https://www.britannica.com/event/Laws-of-the-Indies https://archive.org/details/elaugeyelocasode0000mada/page/n7/mode/2up |