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| Region | Ecuador |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
| Start Date | 1938 |
| End Date | Nov 27, 1997 |
| Description | Until 1997, homosexuality was illegal with punishments ranging from 4 to 8 years’ imprisonment. Lesbianism was criminalised in the 1938 Criminal Code after the word “sodomy” was replaced with “homosexualism”. |
| Sources | http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=195754 https://web.archive.org/web/20200929051028/https://radiococoa.com/RC/10-momentos-claves-de-la-lucha-lgbtbi-en-ecuador/ |
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| Start Date | (unknown) | 1938 |
| Description | Until 1997, homosexuality was illegal with punishments ranging from 4 to 8 years’ imprisonment. | Until 1997, homosexuality was illegal with punishments ranging from 4 to 8 years’ imprisonment. Lesbianism was criminalised in the 1938 Criminal Code after the word “sodomy” was replaced with “homosexualism”. |
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| Sources | http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=195754 | http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=195754 https://web.archive.org/web/20200929051028/https://radiococoa.com/RC/10-momentos-claves-de-la-lucha-lgbtbi-en-ecuador/ |
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Nov 27, 1997 |
| Description | Until 1997, homosexuality was illegal with punishments ranging from 4 to 8 years’ imprisonment. |
| Sources | http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=195754 |