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| Region | Kuwait |
| Issue | Same-sex marriage |
| Status | Unrecognized |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Oct 1984 |
| Description | Until 1984, both during its time as a British protectorate and after gaining independence, Kuwait neither recognized nor explicitly banned same-sex marriage or civil unions. |
| Sources | https://www.britannica.com/place/Kuwait/History https://www.jstor.org/stable/1094073 https://www.musawah.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Kuwait-Overview-Table.pdf |
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created by Unknownmiles
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Unrecognized |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Oct 1984 |
| Description | Until 1984, both during its time as a British protectorate and after gaining independence, Kuwait neither recognized nor explicitly banned same-sex marriage or civil unions. |
| Sources | https://www.britannica.com/place/Kuwait/History https://www.jstor.org/stable/1094073 https://www.musawah.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Kuwait-Overview-Table.pdf |
deleted by Unknownmiles. Deleting for the mean time, will come back to this soon but don’t want to leave entry not connected by dates.
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0 | Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | Unrecognized | |
| Start Date | Dec 21, 1836 | (unknown) |
| End Date | Feb 7, 1854 | Oct 1984 |
| Description | In 1836, the Republic of Texas adopted a criminal code that recognized common-law crimes, which punished sodomy with the death penalty. | Until 1984, both during its time as a British protectorate and after gaining independence, Kuwait neither recognized nor explicitly banned same-sex marriage or civil unions. |
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| Sources | https://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/texas.htm | https://www.britannica.com/place/Kuwait/History https://www.jstor.org/stable/1094073 https://www.musawah.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Kuwait-Overview-Table.pdf |
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created by Unknownmiles
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Start Date | Dec 21, 1836 |
| End Date | Feb 7, 1854 |
| Description | In 1836, the Republic of Texas adopted a criminal code that recognized common-law crimes, which punished sodomy with the death penalty. |
| Sources | https://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/texas.htm |