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1958 in LGBT Rights

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In 1958, there were 3 recorded legal changes made affecting LGBT people. In the previous year, there were 8 changes made and 1 in the following year. A total of 90 legal changes were made in the 1950s.

  • May 5
    Equal age of consent becomes n/a.
    Since 1958, homosexuality has been illegal in Ethiopia, so there is no legal age of consent for same-sex sexual activities.
  • Homosexual activity becomes illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
    Article 600 of Ethiopia's Penal Code of 1957 criminalized homosexual sex with simple imprisonment, a term lasting from ten days to three years, subject to the court's discretion. Article 629 of Ethiopia's Penal Code of 2004, which replaced the Penal Code of 1957 when it took effect the following year, criminalizes homosexuality with simple imprisonment.
  • January 1
    Same-sex marriage becomes banned.
    Article 1 of the 1958 Moroccan Personal Status Code (alternatively called the Moroccan Family Code or Moudawana) defined marriage as a formal legal union between a man and a woman. A new personal status code was adopted in 2004 but Article 4 kept the definition of marriage as "a legal contract by which a man and a woman mutually consent to unite in a common and enduring conjugal life".