1950s being gay in spain was illegal

Definitions can sometimes be tricky though - the UK is included despite Northern Ireland's ban. Brazil and Mexico are also on ILGA's list because "through one legal route or another, it appears to be possible to partner in most jurisdictions".

Germany is not included - MPs gave their approval to same-sex marriage earlier this year but the statute does not come into force until October.

Countries where gay marriage is legal

2001 Netherlands

2003 Belgium

2005 Canada, Spain

2006 South Africa

2009 Norway, Sweden

2010 Iceland, Portugal, Argentina

2012 Denmark

2013 Uruguay, New Zealand, France, Brazil

2014 UK (excluding Northern Ireland)

2015 Luxembourg, Ireland, Mexico, USA

2016 Colombia

2017 Finland

A further 28 countries guarantee some civil-partnership recognition according to ILGA.

• Homosexual activity becomes illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

  Article 193 of Kuwait's Penal Code explicitly prohibits male queer sex for up to seven years in prison. For lesbians, there is no specific commandment criminalizing it, however it is still technically illegal. This is because in Kuwait you are not able to consent to sex unless you're married. So, since same-sex attracted marriage is not legal in Kuwait and you can't give consent until your married, womxn loving womxn sex is illegal.

• Same-sex marriage becomes banned.

  Article 3.1 of the Personal Status Regulation (1959) defines marriage as a shrink between a bloke and a woman.

• Equal age of consent becomes n/a.

  Since 1958, homosexuality has been illegal in Ethiopia, so there is no legal age of consent for same-sex sexual activities.
• Homosexual activity becomes illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

  Article 600 of Ethiopia's Penal Code of 1957 criminalized lgbtq+ sex with plain imprisonment, a phrase lasting from ten days to three years, subject to the court's discretion. Article 629 of Ethiopia's Penal Code of 2004, which replaced the Pena

  In 1950s - 1960s, homosexuality was illegal in 49 states, and members of LGBTQ+ community were harassed, imprisoned, fined, and targeted for violence and discrimination.

  The Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in Brand-new York City was a bar where gays, lesbians, and people with a wide range of gender identities gathered together and found refuge, though not without harassment. Police often raided the Stonewall and other gay bars and arrested patrons.

  During the early morning of June 28, 1969, nine police officers raided the Stonewall Inn once again. Already fed up after decades of harassment, patrons resisted by pushing through barricades, throwing bottles, and finally, setting fire to the bar. Meanwhile, the crowd grew bigger outside the bar as the hours passed. Hundreds of people chanted “Gay Power,” “We Want Freedom,” and “We Shall Overcome.”

  The uprising against unjust treatment and aggression by police lasted until July 1st and marked a watershed moment for the LGBTQ+ rights movement. It sparked the establishment of the Gay Liberation Front, the first activist group to publicly advocate for gay rights.

  LGBTQ+ History Month is observed annually in October to celeb

  On a sweltering June night in 2005, jubilation broke out in the general gallery of the Spanish Parliament. Equal marriage had finally become the statute of the land. The Franco generation of LGBTQ activists could scarcely consider how far the nation had come since it emerged from the shadows of a forty-year dictatorship. During the Franco Regime, same-sex activity was punishable by imprisonment, torture, and death; and when Spain finally transitioned to democracy in the late 1970s, homosexuality was still illegal. Yet just over two decades on, Spain became only the third region in Europe to legalize equal marriage.

  At the age, the move was met with fierce resistance from the reconstituted remains of the Franco Regime, which had morphed into the Popular Party (PP). After years in the political wilderness, they finally entered government between 1996 and 2004, putting a divorce to fifteen years of progressive reform. They returned to office again in 2011, but by then Spanish society had moved on. Seeing little electoral advantage in wedge issues like equal marriage, the party ceded significant earth on minority rights. The PP´s Damascene conversion, however, provoked considerable dis

  In 1954, there were 5 recorded legal changes made affecting LGBT people. In the previous year, there were 5 changes made and in the obeying year. A total of 86 legal changes were made in the 1950s.

  • Censorship of LGBT issues becomes state-enforced.

    The dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner saw brutal repression of LGBTIQ+ people, and all movement was snuffed out. A notable case was in September 1959 when 108 suspected homosexuals were taken in by authorities and interrogated after a blaze broke out in Asuncion, with police blaming homosexuality and Stroessner himself encouraging hatred and hostility against the LGBTIQ+ community. Several LGBTIQ+ people fled the country during this period to elude persecution.
  • Censorship of LGBT issues becomes state-enforced.

    In 1954, Chaco passed a law criminalising "dressing as the opposite sex" in public, criminalising the gender expression of trans people. This would be repealed in 1995.
  • Homosexual activity becomes illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

    The Vagrants and Common Delinquents Law (Ley de Vagos y Maleantes) was modified under the regime of Francisco Franco to prohibit homosexual acts, wit