"Reverting to revision #58926: should not be federal because different states legalized it at different times before 2003"
Homosexual activity: Legal from Jun 26, 2003 to (none).
Homosexuality was decriminalized at the federal level in the United States through the landmark Supreme Court decision of Lawrence v. Texas in 2003. The court struck down a Texas statute that…
Same-sex adoption: Legal from Jan 1, 2024 to (none).
Estonia's parliament approved a law to legalise same-sex marriage as well as joint adoption by same-sex couples. The law took effect on January 1, 2024.
Equal age of consent: Equal from (unknown) to Aug 31, 2025.
Before 2025, homosexuality was legal in Burkina Faso, and there were no discrepancies between the age of consent for heterosexual sex and homosexual sex.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) from Sep 1, 2025 to (none).
In September 2025, Burkina Faso’s Transitional Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a law criminalizing homosexuality with punishments of between two to five years in prison and fines. The…
Intersex infant surgery: Not banned from (unknown) to (none).
In Monaco, unnecessary genital “normalization” surgery on intersex infants is not banned; there are no reports of efforts taken by medical associations or the government to limit such procedures.
Same-sex marriage: Civil unions (marriage rights) from Jun 1, 2011 to May 31, 2014.
In 2011, Illinois passed a law granting same-sex couples the right to enter into a civil union. Civil unions provided same-sex couples with more than 650 spousal benefits and protections.
Same-sex marriage: Legal from Jun 1, 2014 to (none).
In 2013, former Illinois governor Pat Quinn signed into law a bill that legalized same-sex marriage. The bill took effect the following year on June 1.
Homosexual activity: Legal from Dec 23, 2015 to (none).
In Greece, homosexuality was a criminal offence up until 1951. "Incest against nature" (between men) was punished under Article 347 of the Penal Code. This article was abolished with an…
Homosexual activity: Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) from Apr 3, 1964 to Jun 12, 2012.
Article 409 of the Somalian Penal Code of 1964 says that sexual intercourse with a partner of the same sex is punishable with an imprisonment of 3 months up to 3 years.
Homosexual activity: Legal from (unknown) to (none).
Homosexuality has never been criminalized in Côte d’Ivoire because, under the French penal code during the colonial period, sodomy was not criminalized. To this day, it has not been criminalized…