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| Region | Catamarca |
| Issue | Censorship of LGBT issues |
| Status | Imprisonment as punishment |
| Start Date | Jan 16, 1953 |
| End Date | Dec 19, 2005 |
| Description | In 1953, Catamarca passed Law 1573, the Code of Misdemeanours, which included Article 101 which punished "dressing or impersonating a person of the opposing sex" with 20 days imprisonment or a fine. This was repealed in 2005. |
| Sources | https://www.saij.gob.ar/legislacion/ley-catamarca-5171-codigo_faltas_catamarca.htm https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/lib-docs/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session1/AR/CHA_ARG_UPR_S1_2008_ComunidadHomosexualArgentina_uprsubmission_S.pdf |
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| Status | Imprisonment as punishment |
| Start Date | Jan 16, 1953 |
| End Date | Dec 19, 2005 |
| Description | In 1953, Catamarca passed Law 1573, the Code of Misdemeanours, which included Article 101 which punished "dressing or impersonating a person of the opposing sex" with 20 days imprisonment or a fine. This was repealed in 2005. |
| Sources | https://www.saij.gob.ar/legislacion/ley-catamarca-5171-codigo_faltas_catamarca.htm https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/lib-docs/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session1/AR/CHA_ARG_UPR_S1_2008_ComunidadHomosexualArgentina_uprsubmission_S.pdf |