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quipt created an entry in Israel.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (other penalty) from (unknown) to 1963.
homosexuality was de facto illegal before 1963 in Israel.
quipt created an entry in Jordan.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) from May 25, 1946 to 1951.
When Jordan gained its independence, it still retained the British Mandate Criminal Code that punished homosexuality with up to 10 years in prison.
quipt created an entry in Saint Helena.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment) from Nov 1, 1861 to Jul 27, 1967.
Under British law, homosexual acts could be punished with up to life imprisonment.
quipt created an entry in Saint Helena.
Homosexual activity: Legal from Jul 27, 1967 to Nov 30, 2000.
The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 legalized sexual acts between two men who were 21 or older. This also applies to Saint Helena.
quipt created an entry in British Indian Ocean Territory.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment) from Nov 1, 1861 to Jul 27, 1967.
Under British law, homosexual acts could be punished with up to life imprisonment. This also applied when it was part of British Mauritius.
quipt created an entry in British Indian Ocean Territory.
Homosexual activity: Legal from Jul 27, 1967 to Nov 30, 2000.
the Sexual Offences Act of 1967 legalized sexual acts between two men who were 21 or older
quipt created an entry in Namibia.
Homosexual activity: Legal from Dec 17, 1920 to Apr 12, 1957.
South Africa annexed Namibia in 1920. The South African constitution made no mention of same sex acts.
quipt created an entry in Namibia.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) from Apr 12, 1957 to Mar 21, 1990.
The Immorality Act of 1957 applied to Namibia too, as it was part of South Africa.
quipt created an entry in South Africa.
Homosexual activity: Legal from May 31, 1910 to Apr 12, 1957.
When the Union of South Africa gained its independence, it made no mention of same sex relations in its constitution.
quipt created an entry in Somalia.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) from 1899 to Apr 3, 1964.
Under British law, homosexuality was punishable by one month to three years in prison in the British Somali Coast Protectorate. In Italian Somalia, there were no laws against homosexuality, but the…
quipt created an entry in Eritrea.
Homosexual activity: Legal from Jul 5, 1882 to Jul 23, 1957.
Under Italian law, there was no punishment for homosexuality.
quipt created an entry in Ghana.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment) from 1892 to Jan 12, 1960.
Under British law, homosexuality was criminalized in Ghana in 1892; the maximum penalty was life imprisonment.
quipt created an entry in Liberia.
Homosexual activity: Legal from Jul 26, 1847 to Apr 3, 1978.
Before 1978, there were no laws criminalizing homosexuality in Liberia.
quipt created an entry in Guinea-Bissau.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) from Jan 1, 1886 to 1993.
Under Portuguese law, sodomy was punishable by one to six years in prison.
quipt edited an entry in Western Sahara.
"added further details"
Homosexual activity: Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) from Jul 15, 1954 to Nov 14, 1975.
Under Spanish law, sodomy was punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment from July 15th, 1954, to January 1st, 1979.
quipt edited an entry in Mauritania.
"added more information"
Homosexual activity: Legal from 1903 to Jul 9, 1983.
Mauritania became a French protectorate in 1903 Under French law, no law criminalizes homosexuality.
quipt created an entry in Mauritania.
Homosexual activity: Legal from 1903 to Jul 9, 1983.
Under French law, no law criminalizes homosexuality.
quipt created an entry in Western Sahara.
Homosexual activity: Legal from 1932 to Jul 15, 1954.
Under Spanish law, homosexuality was legal from 1932 to 1954
quipt created an entry in Western Sahara.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) from Jul 15, 1954 to Nov 14, 1975.
Under Spanish law, sodomy was illegal from July 15th, 1954, to January 1st, 1979.
quipt edited an entry in Western Sahara.
"Spain withdrew from the Spanish Sahara on 14 November 1975"
Homosexual activity: Illegal (other penalty) from Nov 14, 1975 to (none).
Information related to the legality of homosexuality in Western Sahara (also known as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) is extremely limited. Some sources, such as The Council for Global…
quipt edited an entry in Spain.
"fixed the dates"
Homosexual activity: Legal from 1932 to Jul 15, 1954.
The 1932 Spanish Penal Code saw the elimination of sodomy as an aggravating factor in crime, rendering homosexuality legal.
quipt created an entry in Algeria.
Homosexual activity: Legal from Jun 5, 1830 to Jun 8, 1966.
France began to gain control of parts of Algeria in 1830 and all of Algeria in 1956. No section criminalizes homosexuality under French law.
quipt edited an entry in Greece.
"added a source fixed the date"
Homosexual activity: Male illegal, female legal from 1835 to 1951.
Following the country's independence from the Ottoman Empire, the penal code of 1834 stipulated in Article 274 that anyone guilty of sodomy shall be punished with at least one year imprisonment…
quipt created an entry in Hungary.
Homosexual activity: Male illegal, female legal from Sep 1, 1880 to Dec 15, 1961.
Section 241 of the first Hungarian penal code criminalized sexual relations between men as unnatural sexual intercourse. The law could punish the offender with up to one year in prison (or up to…
quipt created an entry in Greece.
Homosexual activity: Male illegal, female legal from 1834 to 1951.
Following the country's independence from the Ottoman Empire, the penal code of 1834 stipulated in Article 274 that anyone guilty of sodomy shall be punished with at least one year imprisonment…
quipt created an entry in Spain.
Homosexual activity: Legal from 1932 to Jan 1, 1979.
The 1932 Spanish Penal Code saw the elimination of sodomy as an aggravating factor in crime, rendering homosexuality legal.
quipt created an entry in Gibraltar.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (death penalty as punishment) from Apr 11, 1713 to Nov 1, 1861.
Under the Buggery Act 1533, which received Royal Assent from King Henry VIII in 1534, homosexuality in what is now the United Kingdom was punishable by death. It only came into place in Gibraltar in…
quipt created an entry in Gibraltar.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment) from Nov 1, 1861 to Jul 27, 1967.
The Offences Against the Person Act 1861 lowered the maximum penalty to life imprisonment. Subsequent laws, such as the Labouchere Amendment (Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885)…
quipt edited an entry in Gibraltar.
"updated the date, added a proper source"
Homosexual activity: Legal from Jul 27, 1967 to Nov 30, 2000.
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…
quipt edited an entry in Gibraltar.
"updated the date, added a proper source"
Homosexual activity: Legal from Nov 30, 2000 to (none).
The Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 repealed all criminal provisions regarding homosexuality, setting an equal age of consent for sexual activity between men; this also applies to Gibraltar.