Template:Decriminalization of homosexuality timeline

Decriminalization of homosexuality timeline

	Countries/Territories/States
Never been illegal	List 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 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	List 1791: Andorra            Kingdom of France (includes Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, San Barthélemy, Saint Martin, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon)            Saint-Domingue (Haiti) 1793: Monaco 1794: Luxembourg 1795: Belgium 1798: Geneva, Switzerland            Ticino, Switzerland            Vaud, Switzerland            Valais, Switzerland
19th century	List 1811: Netherlands 1822: Dominican Republic            El Salvador 1830: Empire of Brazil 1832: Bolivia 1853: Argentina 1858: Ottoman Empire (Turkey) 1864: San Marino 1869: Dutch Guiana (Suriname) 1871: Guatemala            Mexico 1880: Empire of Japan            Paraguay 1890: Kingdom of Italy            Vatican City 1899: Honduras
20th century	List 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: Czechoslovakia            Illinois, United States 1967: England and Wales, United Kingdom 1968: Bulgaria            East Germany 1969: Canada            West Germany 1971: 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            Abkhazia            British Hong Kong            Queensland, Australia            South Ossetia            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            Republic of Artsakh            Azerbaijan            Georgia
21st century	List 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 2020: Gabon
	Notes Note that while this template lists several historical countries, such as the Kingdom of France, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, etc., for the sake of clarity, the flags shown are contemporary flags.

Generalities

Legal status of homosexuality around the world (2019):

  Legal.

  Illegal (masculine and/or femenine)

The previous one is a list of the countries and territories that at some point in their history criminalized sexual acts between people of the same sex. In some cases, the legislation established a differentiation between sex between men and sex between women, punishing only one of those sexual practices, mostly sex between men under the charge of sodomy.

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