Homosexual activity was illegal in Mauritius until 2023 although it was unenforced.

While proposed in the draft penal code of 1754, sodomy was not criminalised until the 1835 penal code.

Same-sex sexual activity in Bolivia has been legal since 1832.

Shortly after Brazil gained independence from Portugal, in 1830, the Imperial Penal Code decriminalized sodomy. Brazil's 1988 Constitution further strengthened affirmative protections by prohibiting any form of discrimination. Since then courts have since affirmed this additionally applies to sexual orientation.

In 1830, in the case of State v. Cawood, the same court ruled that Congresses common law applied to Alabama. In 1833, a new code specifically adopted common-law crimes.