Current Version
| Region | Estonia |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Male illegal, female legal |
| Start Date | Jun 15, 1940 |
| End Date | May 7, 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 | Jan 1, 1940 | Mar 7, 1934 |
| Description | Same-sex sexual activity between males in Soviet Estonia was illegal and punishable under paragraph 118 of the penal code | 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://queerintheworld.com/lgbt-rights-in-estonia/ https://dea.digar.ee/?a=d&d=eestiekspress20141008.2.22.1&e=-------et-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA------------- | https://www.gazeta.ru/science/2018/12/17_a_12097333.shtml http://museumreforms.ru/node/13816 |
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| Sources | https://queerintheworld.com/lgbt-rights-in-estonia/ | https://queerintheworld.com/lgbt-rights-in-estonia/ https://dea.digar.ee/?a=d&d=eestiekspress20141008.2.22.1&e=-------et-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA------------- |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Male illegal, female legal |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 1940 |
| End Date | May 7, 1992 |
| Description | Same-sex sexual activity between males in Soviet Estonia was illegal and punishable under paragraph 118 of the penal code |
| Sources | https://queerintheworld.com/lgbt-rights-in-estonia/ |