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| Region | Kazakhstan |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Male illegal, female legal |
| Start Date | Mar 7, 1934 |
| End Date | Dec 31, 1997 |
| Description | In 1934, while Kazakhstan was part of the Soviet Union, Article 121 was added to the Soviet Criminal Code. This article criminalized male homosexuality, punishable by imprisonment of between 3 to 5 years. There were no criminal statutes regarding sex between women. In 1959, the Kazakh SSR adopted its own criminal code. Article 104 continued the criminalization of sodomy in Kazakhstan, with up to three years of imprisonment. |
| Sources | https://www.lrt.lt/ru/novosti/17/2078400/zhili-v-postoiannom-strakhe-90-let-nazad-v-sssr-nachalos-presledovanie-gomoseksualov https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/K590002000_ |
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edited by Unknownmiles. Fixing end date
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| End Date | Jan 1, 1998 | Dec 31, 1997 |
edited by Unknownmiles. Criminalize fits better
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| Description | In 1934, while Kazakhstan was part of the Soviet Union, Article 121 was added to the Soviet Criminal Code. This article prohibited male homosexuality, punishable by imprisonment of between 3 to 5 years. There were no criminal statutes regarding sex between women. In 1959, the Kazakh SSR adopted its own criminal code. Article 104 continued the criminalization of sodomy in Kazakhstan, with up to three years of imprisonment. | In 1934, while Kazakhstan was part of the Soviet Union, Article 121 was added to the Soviet Criminal Code. This article criminalized male homosexuality, punishable by imprisonment of between 3 to 5 years. There were no criminal statutes regarding sex between women. In 1959, the Kazakh SSR adopted its own criminal code. Article 104 continued the criminalization of sodomy in Kazakhstan, with up to three years of imprisonment. |
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| 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." | In 1934, while Kazakhstan was part of the Soviet Union, Article 121 was added to the Soviet Criminal Code. This article prohibited male homosexuality, punishable by imprisonment of between 3 to 5 years. There were no criminal statutes regarding sex between women. In 1959, the Kazakh SSR adopted its own criminal code. Article 104 continued the criminalization of sodomy in Kazakhstan, with up to three years of imprisonment. |
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| Sources | http://museumreforms.ru/node/13816 https://www.gazeta.ru/science/2018/12/17_a_12097333.shtml | https://www.lrt.lt/ru/novosti/17/2078400/zhili-v-postoiannom-strakhe-90-let-nazad-v-sssr-nachalos-presledovanie-gomoseksualov https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/K590002000_ |
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edited by Klerkjonathan. The exact date when the law ended is not known
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| Status | Male illegal, female legal |
| Start Date | Mar 7, 1934 |
| End Date | Jan 1, 1998 |
| 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 | http://museumreforms.ru/node/13816 https://www.gazeta.ru/science/2018/12/17_a_12097333.shtml |