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1965 in LGBT Rights

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In 1965, there were 2 recorded legal changes made affecting LGBT people. In the previous year, there were 6 changes made and 11 in the following year. A total of 89 legal changes were made in the 1960s.

  • November 25
    Censorship of LGBT issues becomes imprisonment as punishment.
    In 1965, Mendoza implemented Article 80 in its Code of Misdemeanours which criminalised people who in their daily lives "dress and pass themselves off as a person of the opposite sex" with 15 days imprisonment or a fine, criminalising transgender expression. This law would be repealed in 2006.
  • July 21
    Censorship of LGBT issues becomes imprisonment as punishment.
    Under Article 256 of Senegals Penal Code, anyone involved in manufacturing, holding, importing, exporting, displaying, selling, renting, offering, or distributing materials "contrary to good morals" may face imprisonment of up to two years or fines. Although ideology on which things are moral and which things are immoral vary by person, because homosexuality and gender change are illegal in Senegal and viewed as immoral, Article 256 can be used against pride flags, lgbt organizations, ETC.