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| Region | Santiago del Estero |
| Issue | Censorship of LGBT issues |
| Status | Imprisonment as punishment |
| Start Date | Aug 11, 1953 |
| End Date | Sep 15, 2008 |
| Description | In 1953, Santiago del Estero added Articles 77 and 78 to its Code of Misdemeanours. Article 77 criminalises anyone who "offends public decency with clumsy acts or words" with 10 days in prison. Article 78 says that people who are "publicly exhibited with clothes of another sex" except during carnivals or other parties where doing so is permitted are included as offenders of the previous article, criminalising the expression of transgender people. Even during carnivals and parties allowing it, the choice of clothing must not be "indecorous". The laws were repealed in 2008. |
| Sources | https://www.argentina.gob.ar/normativa/provincial/ley-6906-123456789-0abc-defg-609-6000gvorpyel https://www.saij.gob.ar/legislacion/ley-santiago_del_estero-2425-codigo_faltas_provincia_santiago.htm |
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| Status | Imprisonment as punishment |
| Start Date | Aug 11, 1953 |
| End Date | Sep 15, 2008 |
| Description | In 1953, Santiago del Estero added Articles 77 and 78 to its Code of Misdemeanours. Article 77 criminalises anyone who "offends public decency with clumsy acts or words" with 10 days in prison. Article 78 says that people who are "publicly exhibited with clothes of another sex" except during carnivals or other parties where doing so is permitted are included as offenders of the previous article, criminalising the expression of transgender people. Even during carnivals and parties allowing it, the choice of clothing must not be "indecorous". The laws were repealed in 2008. |
| Sources | https://www.argentina.gob.ar/normativa/provincial/ley-6906-123456789-0abc-defg-609-6000gvorpyel https://www.saij.gob.ar/legislacion/ley-santiago_del_estero-2425-codigo_faltas_provincia_santiago.htm |