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Engineering graduate in London. Soon to be management consultant.
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chris added an entry to India.
Same-sex marriage: Ambiguous from Jul 22, 2011 to Dec 10, 2013.
There has been an officially recognised female-female marriage
chris added an entry to India.
Homosexual activity: Legal from Jul 2, 2009 to Dec 10, 2013.
Case law overriding Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code
chris added an entry to Algeria.
Equal age of consent: N/A from Jun 8, 1966 to now.
Not applicable for Algeria. Same sex activity is illegal in Algeria.
chris added an entry to Algeria.
Serving openly in military: Illegal from Jul 8, 1966 to now.
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Sources: old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/details.jsp?id=7998
chris added an entry to Algeria.
Same-sex marriage: Not legal from Jun 8, 1966 to now.
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Sources: old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/details.jsp?id=7998
chris added an entry to Eritrea.
Equal age of consent: N/A from Jul 23, 1957 to now.
Homosexual activity is outlawed in Eritrea.
Sources: old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
chris added an entry to Eritrea.
Blood donations by MSMs: Banned (indefinite deferral) from Jul 23, 1957 to now.
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Sources: old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
chris added an entry to Eritrea.
Serving openly in military: Illegal from Jul 23, 1957 to now.
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Sources: old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
chris added an entry to Eritrea.
Same-sex marriage: Not legal from Jul 23, 1957 to now.
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Sources: old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
chris added an entry to Eritrea.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) from Jul 23, 1957 to now.
chris added an entry to Comoros.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) from May 8, 1982 to now.
Up to 5 years imprisonment and/or 1,000,000 franc fine.
chris added an entry to Cameroon.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) from Nov 12, 1967 to now.
Up to 5 years imprisonment and/or 200,000 franc fine.
chris added an entry to Burundi.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) from Apr 22, 2009 to now.
Up to 2 years imprisonment and/or up to 50,000 frank fine
chris added an entry to Angola.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (other penalty) from Sep 16, 1886 to Jan 24, 2019.
Penalty unknown
chris added an entry to Algeria.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) from Jun 8, 1966 to now.
Article 333 of Algerian law punishes same sex activity with between 2 months and 2 years imprisonment, and a fine of 500 to 2000 Dinars. Article 338 refers to "outrage to public decency" consisting of "an act against nature with an individual of the same sex", with a steeper penalty of between 6 months and 3 years imprisonment and a fine of between 1,000 and 10,000 Dinars.
chris added an entry to United Kingdom.
Blood donations by MSMs: Banned (1-year deferral) from 2011 to Nov 2017.
chris added an entry to United Kingdom.
Right to change legal gender: Legal, surgery not required from Apr 4, 2005 to now.
Surgery is not required
chris added an entry to United Kingdom.
LGBT discrimination: Illegal from Oct 1, 2010 to now.
The Equality Act 2010 says you mustn’t be discriminated against because you’re gay, lesbian, bisexual or heterosexual. This is called discrimination because of sexual orientation. Discrimination which is against the Equality Act is unlawful.
chris added an entry to United Kingdom.
Serving openly in military: Legal from Jan 12, 2000 to now.
The Ministry of Defence were forced to change their stance on when the European Court of Human Rights ruled in September 1999 that the then current ban on gays in the military was unlawful.
chris added an entry to United Kingdom.
Same-sex adoption: Legal from Nov 7, 2002 to now.
IVF treatment is available for lesbian couples too.
chris added an entry to United Kingdom.
Same-sex marriage: Varies by Region from Jul 17, 2013 to Jun 12, 2020.
Came into force as of March 29th, 2014 . Same-sex marriage is still unrecognized fully in some parts of the UK (such as Northern Ireland).
chris added an entry to United Kingdom.
Same-sex marriage: Civil unions from Dec 5, 2005 to Jul 16, 2013.
The Civil Partnership Act (2004). Under the Act, same-sex couples can register a civil partnership, which has almost the same legal effects, rights and obligations as marriage does for mixed-sex couples. For that reason, civil partnership is sometimes called ‘gay marriage’. However, legally, it is not marriage, but is a separate, segregated system
chris added an entry to United Kingdom.
Equal age of consent: Equal from Aug 1, 2001 to now.
On November 30, 2000 a bill was signed to make the ages of consent equitable, regardless of gender. The law came into effect on August 1, 2001. The age of consent for men who have sex with men was reduced from 18 to 16, on par with different sex individuals.
chris added an entry to United Kingdom.
Homosexual activity: Legal from Nov 30, 2000 to now.
The Sexual Offences Act was successfully challenged in the European Court of Human Rights in the case of ADT v. UK in 2000. The court determined the provisions making sexual acts between more than two men illegal would be in violation of privacy laws, and therefore, those portions of the Act became unenforceable. Essentially, this was the last barrier to legalizing same-sex activity within the UK.
Sources: legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/44 stonewall.org.uk/at_home/ha… European Court of Human Rights in the case of ADT v. UK
chris added an entry to United Kingdom.
Homosexual activity: Legal from Jul 27, 1967 to Nov 30, 2000.
**LEGAL, WITH RESTRICTIONS** The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 legalized sexual acts between two men who were 21 or older (Excluding men serving in the military), but it placed new restrictions on sex for men who have sex with men. The act prohibited sex in places where a third party was likely to be present.