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|14='''2003:''' {{flagicon|Armenia}} [[LGBT rights in Armenia|Armenia]]
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Decriminalization of homosexuality timeline
Countries/Territories/States
Never been illegal
Aruba, Netherlands Benin Burkina Faso Cambodia Central African Republic Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia Christmas Island, Australia Curaçao, Netherlands Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea French Polynesia, France Indonesia [ a] Ivory Coast Laos Madagascar Mali Mayotte, France Micronesia New Caledonia, France Niger North Korea Republic of the Congo Réunion, France Rwanda Sint Maarten, Netherlands South Korea Philippines Poland Taiwan Vietnam Wallis and Futuna, France
18th century
19th century
20th century
1924: Peru 1933: Denmark (includes Greenland and the Faroe Islands )1934: Uruguay 1940: Kingdom of Iceland 1942: Switzerland (nationwide)1944: Sweden 1951: Greece Jordan West Bank, Palestine 1956: Thailand 1961: Hungary 1962: Czecho slovakia Illinois, United States 1967: England and Wales, United Kingdom 1968: Bulgaria East Germany 1969: Canada West Germany1971: Austria Connecticut, United States Costa Rica Finland 1972: Colorado, United States Oregon, United States Norway 1973: Delaware, United States Hawaii, United States Malta North Dakota, United States 1974: Massachusetts, United States Ohio, United States 1975: East Timor New Hampshire, United States New Mexico, United States South Australia, Australia 1976: Australian Capital Territory, Australia Bahrain California, United States Indiana, United States Maine, United States Washington, United States West Virginia, United States 1977: Socialist Republic of Croatia Socialist Republic of Montengro Socialist Republic of Slovenia South Dakota, United States Vermont, United States Wyoming, United States 1978: Guam, United States Iowa, United States Nebraska, United States New Jersey, United States 1979: Cuba Spain 1980: American Samoa, United States New York, United States Pennsylvania, United States 1981: Colombia Scotland, United Kingdom Victoria, Australia 1982: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom 1983: Guernsey, United Kingdom Northern Mariana Islands, United States Northern Territory, Australia Portugal Wisconsin, United States 1984: New South Wales, Australia 1985: United States Virgin Islands, United States 1986: New Zealand 1988: Israel 1989: Falkland Islands, United Kingdom Liechtenstein 1990: Jersey, United Kingdom Western Australia, Australia 1991: Bahamas British Hong Kong Queensland, Australia Ukraine 1992: Estonia Isle of Man, United Kingdom Kentucky, United States Latvia 1993: District of Columbia, United States Gibraltar, United Kingdom Guinea Bissau Ireland Lithuania Mongolia Nevada, United States Norfolk Island, Australia Russia 1994: Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija Belarus Bermuda, United Kingdom Republic of Serbia 1995: Albania Moldova 1996: Federation of Bosnia and Herzgovina, Bosnia and Herzgovina Portuguese Macau North Macedonia Romania Tennessee, United States 1997: China Ecuador Montana, United States Tasmania, Australia Venezuela 1998: Cyprus Georgia, United States Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina Rhode Island, United States South Africa Tajikistan 1999: Chile Maryland, United States 2000: Akrotiri and Dhekelia, United Kingdom Azerbaijan Georgia
21st century
2001: Anguilla, United Kingdom Arizona, United States Brčko District, Bosnia and Herzegovina British Virgin Islands, United Kingdom Cayman Islands, United Kingdom Minnesota, United States Montserrat, United Kingdom Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, United Kingdom Pitcairn Islands, United Kingdom Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom 2002: Arkansas, United States Transnistria 2003: Armenia Iraq United States (nationwide)2004: Cape Verde 2005: Marshall Islands 2007: Nepal Niue, New Zealand Tokelau, New Zealand Vanuatu 2008: Nicaragua Panama 2010: Fiji 2012: Lesotho São Tomé and Príncipe 2014: Northern Cyprus Palau 2015: Mozambique 2016: Belize Nauru Seychelles 2018: India Trinidad and Tobago 2019: Angola Botswana
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Generalities
Legal status of homosexuality around the world (2019) : Legal.
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