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1968 in LGBT Rights

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In 1968, there were 7 recorded legal changes made affecting LGBT people. In the previous year, there were 10 changes made and 11 in the following year. A total of 113 legal changes were made in the 1960s.

  • May 1
    Equal age of consent becomes equal.
    The age of consent is 14 for both heterosexual and homosexual intercourse.
  • Homosexual activity becomes legal.
    Homosexuality is legal within Razgrad
  • Homosexual activity becomes legal.
    Since 1968, homosexual activity in Bulgaria has been legal.
  • (date unknown)
    Equal age of consent becomes varies by region.
    In 1968, East Germany removed the old Paragraph 175. However, it set the age of consent at 18 for same-sex relations, while heterosexual consent was 14. While in West Germany homosexual activity was still a crime.
  • Censorship of LGBT issues becomes state-enforced.
    Before 2001, censorship of LGBTIQ+ topics was widespread in Romania under Article 200. Even when homosexuality was legalised in 1996, “propaganda or any other act of proselytism” of homosexuality was illegal.
  • Homosexual activity becomes varies by region.
    In 1968, East Germany decriminalised homosexuality. However it remained illegal in West Germany until 1969.
  • Homosexual activity becomes illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
    The famous article 200 which was introduced in 1968 criminalizes all sexual relations between persons of the same sex. The punishment was imprisonment from one to five years.