From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Decriminalization of homosexuality timeline
Countries/Territories/States
Never been illegal
18th century
1791: Andorra Kingdom of France (includes Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, San Barthélemy, Saint Martin, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon) Saint-Domingue (Haiti)1793: Monaco 1794: Luxembourg 1795: Belgium 1798: Geneva, Switzerland
19th century
20th century
1924: Peru 1933: Denmark (includes Greenland and the Faroe Islands )1934: Uruguay 1940: Kingdom of Iceland 1942: 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 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 Paraguay 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 [b] 1994: Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija Belarus Bermuda, United Kingdom Republic of Serbia 1995: Albania Moldova 1996: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina Portuguese Macau North Macedonia Romania Tennessee, United States 1997: China Ecuador Montana, United States Tasmania, Australia Venezuela 1998: Cyprus Georgia, United States Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan 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 Tokelau, New Zealand United States (nationwide)2004: Cape Verde 2005: Marshall Islands 2007: Nepal 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: Botswana 2020: Gabon 2021: Angola Bhutan 2022: Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Singapore Saint Kitts and Nevis 2023: Cook Islands, New Zealand Mauritius 2024: Dominica
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.
Purpose [ edit ] To allow 1-step changes to table, across all English-language Wikipedia articles that use this template. To add to an article, add the following code:
{{Decriminalization of homosexuality timeline}}
Changes to this template may not show up immediately in various articles due to server caching. You can bypass this by purging the server cache while on an article page. For quick access to purging functions, activate the UTC live clock or Purge tab gadgets in your preferences .
^ Legal nationwide, except in the province of Aceh
^ De facto illegal in Chechnya
References These references will appear in the article, but this list appears only on this page.
