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| Region | Liechtenstein |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
| Start Date | Nov 7, 1852 |
| End Date | Dec 31, 1988 |
| Description | Sections 129 and 130 of the Austrian Criminal Code (which was adopted by Liechtenstein) criminalized fornication against nature, which was defined to include sex between persons of the same sex. The punishment for consensual “fornication against nature” was one to five years of imprisonment. |
| Sources | https://www.gesetze.li/chrono/pdf/1009001000 |
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| Description | Sections 129 and 130 of the Austrian Criminal Code (which was adopted by Liechtenstein) criminalized fornification against nature, which was defined to include sex between persons of the same sex. The punishment for consensual “fornification against nature” was one to five years of imprisonment. | Sections 129 and 130 of the Austrian Criminal Code (which was adopted by Liechtenstein) criminalized fornication against nature, which was defined to include sex between persons of the same sex. The punishment for consensual “fornication against nature” was one to five years of imprisonment. |
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| Start Date | 1852 | Nov 7, 1852 |
| End Date | 1989 | Dec 31, 1988 |
| Description | Sections 129 and 130 of the penal code of Liechtenstein which criminalized homosexuality were present in the penal code of 1852 | Sections 129 and 130 of the Austrian Criminal Code (which was adopted by Liechtenstein) criminalized fornification against nature, which was defined to include sex between persons of the same sex. The punishment for consensual “fornification against nature” was one to five years of imprisonment. |
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| Sources | https://www.gesetze.li/chrono/pdf/1009001000 https://e-archiv.li/files/1852_05_27_Strafgesetzbuch.pdf | https://www.gesetze.li/chrono/pdf/1009001000 |
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| Sources | https://www.gesetze.li/chrono/pdf/1009001000 | https://www.gesetze.li/chrono/pdf/1009001000 https://e-archiv.li/files/1852_05_27_Strafgesetzbuch.pdf |
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| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/liechtenstein-lgbti#:~:text=Criminalisation%20of%20consensual%20same%2Dsex%20sexual%20acts&text=In%201989%2C%20the%20new%20Penal,persons%20of%20the%20same%20sex%E2%80%9D. https://www.gesetze.li/chrono/pdf/1009001000 | https://www.gesetze.li/chrono/pdf/1009001000 |
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| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/liechtenstein-lgbti#:~:text=Criminalisation%20of%20consensual%20same%2Dsex%20sexual%20acts&text=In%201989%2C%20the%20new%20Penal,persons%20of%20the%20same%20sex%E2%80%9D. https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/LI%20-%20LEG%20-%20Criminal%20Code%20(1852)%20-%20OR-OFF(de).pdf | https://database.ilga.org/liechtenstein-lgbti#:~:text=Criminalisation%20of%20consensual%20same%2Dsex%20sexual%20acts&text=In%201989%2C%20the%20new%20Penal,persons%20of%20the%20same%20sex%E2%80%9D. https://www.gesetze.li/chrono/pdf/1009001000 |
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| Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
| Start Date | 1852 |
| End Date | 1989 |
| Description | Sections 129 and 130 of the penal code of Liechtenstein which criminalized homosexuality were present in the penal code of 1852 |
| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/liechtenstein-lgbti#:~:text=Criminalisation%20of%20consensual%20same%2Dsex%20sexual%20acts&text=In%201989%2C%20the%20new%20Penal,persons%20of%20the%20same%20sex%E2%80%9D. https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/LI%20-%20LEG%20-%20Criminal%20Code%20(1852)%20-%20OR-OFF(de).pdf |