Legal history
Every recorded change in criminalisation law for each destination with a published Criminalisation result: when an offence was created, amended, enforced by the courts, repealed or followed by expungement or pardons.
Each history begins with the law that first applied to the place, so it includes predecessor states and colonial, imperial and religious law, not only the current government. Events for a state or territory appear under that place.
History explains how the law reached its current position. Today's results follow the scoring matrix.
4,246 events across 738 destinations
2026
Taliban Supreme Court announcement of 18 April 2026 (opens the source in a new tab)
On 18 April 2026 the Taliban Supreme Court announced the public flogging of fourteen people in Farah province for same-sex relations, after floggings for sodomy in Parwan, Kunduz, Kandahar and Paktia in 2024 and 2025.
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
Penal Code 1860 (Bangladesh), section 377 (opens the source in a new tab)
On 22 April 2026 a mobile court in Dhaka sentenced four students and another man, handed to Kafrul police by their college, to fifteen days' imprisonment for alleged homosexuality.
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
Statutory Instrument 41 of 2026 (Botswana) (opens the source in a new tab)
The struck-down paragraphs were removed from the published Penal Code; a challenge to the revision is pending.
Code pénal (Belgium, Law of 29 February 2024) (opens the source in a new tab)
From 8 April 2026 the new Criminal Code replaced the 1867 code, with no same-sex or gender-expression offence.
2026
New Code pénal adopted 20 October 2026 (Burkina Faso) (opens the source in a new tab)
The transitional assembly adopted a new penal code reportedly including the offence; promulgation is unconfirmed.
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
Código Penal, Ley 74-25 (Dominican Republic) (opens the source in a new tab)
The new Penal Code took effect on 3 August 2026 with no same-sex or gender-expression offence.
Code pénal (Belgium, Law of 29 February 2024) (opens the source in a new tab)
From 8 April 2026 the new Criminal Code replaced the 1867 code, with no same-sex or gender-expression offence.
Chapter 2026-159, Laws of Florida (HB 1525) (opens the source in a new tab)
Approved on 16 June 2026, the Act repealed section 800.02 from 1 October 2026.
2026
Bill to amend art. 212 of the Code pénal 2026 (Gabon) (opens the source in a new tab)
A deputy's bill to punish same-sex relations with up to five years was in committee in October 2026.
2026
Bundung conviction 2026 (Gambia) (opens the source in a new tab)
On 12 March 2026 two men were sentenced to five years for indecent practices.
2026
Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill 2025 (Ghana) (opens the source in a new tab)
Parliament passed the bill again on 29 May 2026, but it had not received assent by October 2026.
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
Idaho HB 752 (2026) (opens the source in a new tab)
From 1 July 2026 using a facility designated for the opposite biological sex is a misdemeanour with up to a year in jail, a felony on repeat. A preliminary injunction on 16 June 2026 partly blocked the restroom…
2026
Law 1 of 2023, Criminal Code (Indonesia) (opens the source in a new tab)
Law 1 of 2023, the new Criminal Code, came into force on 2 January 2026 with no same-sex offence; its adultery and cohabitation articles 411 and 412 are prosecutable only on complaint by a spouse, parent or child.
2026
Signed on 23 July 2026, Part 17 creates a disregard scheme for historical convictions; it awaits a commencement order.
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
House Substitute for SB 244 (Kansas, 2026) (opens the source in a new tab)
Enacted over the governor's veto in February 2026, the law makes a third use of a facility in a government building that does not match sex at birth a misdemeanour. It is scored under facility access, not…
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
Syariah Criminal Code (I) Enactment 2019 (Kelantan), section 19 (opens the source in a new tab)
On 19 April 2026 seven men were charged with cross-dressing under section 19(1) at the Kota Bharu Lower Syariah Court. A replacement Syariah Criminal Offences (Kelantan) Enactment 2026 passed the state assembly in August…
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
Police raid in Barquisimeto (Venezuela) (opens the source in a new tab)
In May 2026 police held 33 men for 10 hours without charge; five officers were detained for trial.
2026
Liechtenstein-Institut rehabilitation study (opens the source in a new tab)
In March 2026 the government said a rehabilitation scheme on the Austrian model was not ruled out.
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
Mississippi HB 730 (2026) (opens the source in a new tab)
A 2026 bill to remove consensual acts from the law died in committee.
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
Code pénal 2026 (Niger) (opens the source in a new tab)
From February 2026 same-sex relations carry five to ten years, and attempts to change sex are penalised.
2026
Arrests in July 2026 (Niger) (opens the source in a new tab)
At least 16 men were imprisoned and up to 40 people arrested.
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
Laws 2025 c. 486 (Oklahoma) (opens the source in a new tab)
From 1 January 2026 the offence was reclassified as a Class B4 felony with up to 10 years.
2026
Arrests in Oyo (2026) (opens the source in a new tab)
Police arrested three men in Saki for unnatural sexual conduct in 2026.
2026
Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment 2013 (Pahang), section 33 (opens the source in a new tab)
On 14 July 2026, 13 men pleaded not guilty at the Temerloh Lower Syariah Court to posing as women, arising from a Mentakab raid in January 2025.
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
From 30 March 2026 a sexual act between two persons of the same sex carries five to ten years and a heavy fine, with no suspended sentence.
2026
Crackdown 2026 (Senegal) (opens the source in a new tab)
More than 200 people were arrested between February and July 2026, and the first conviction under the new law, six years, came on 10 April 2026.
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
A general amnesty in February 2026 excluded article 520.
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
Jones v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago, JCPC/2025/0095 (opens the source in a new tab)
The Privy Council heard the appeal on 8 July 2026; judgment is awaited.
2026
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
2026
Draft 12th Judicial Package (Türkiye) (opens the source in a new tab)
The provisions were proposed again in 2026 and reported removed from the draft package in June 2026. No enactment has been found.
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
Code pénal (Belgium, Law of 29 February 2024) (opens the source in a new tab)
From 8 April 2026 the new Criminal Code replaced the 1867 code, with no same-sex or gender-expression offence.
From 25 May 2026 the amendment narrowed the legal definition of a transgender person and required medical-board certification. It creates no offence for a person's own gender expression.
Federal Decree-Law No. 13 of 2025 (UAE) (opens the source in a new tab)
From 1 December 2025 article 409 expressly covers consensual sex between adults of the same sex, male or female, with at least six months in prison, prosecuted on complaint of a husband or guardian.
2025
Qanun Aceh Nomor 6 Tahun 2014 tentang Hukum Jinayat (opens the source in a new tab)
On 27 February 2025 two students were publicly caned 82 and 77 times in Banda Aceh, and on 11 August 2025 the Banda Aceh Syar'iyah court sentenced two more students to caning for consensual conduct.
Federal Decree-Law No. 13 of 2025 (UAE) (opens the source in a new tab)
From 1 December 2025 article 409 expressly covers consensual sex between adults of the same sex, male or female, with at least six months in prison, prosecuted on complaint of a husband or guardian.
2025
TPA 45/2025 apology initiative (Finland) (opens the source in a new tab)
A members' initiative asks for a state apology to people convicted from 1894 to 1971; it has not been adopted.
2025
From 25 September 2025 homosexual and similar practices carry two to five years.
2025
Convictions 2025 and 2026 (Burkina Faso) (opens the source in a new tab)
A man was sentenced to a year in November 2025, and 18 people were convicted with 13 to 48 months in 2026.
Tribunal Constitucional, TC/1225/25 (Dominican Republic) (opens the source in a new tab)
In 2025 the Constitutional Court struck down the sodomy articles of the police and armed forces justice codes, which applied only to members.
Federal Decree-Law No. 13 of 2025 (UAE) (opens the source in a new tab)
From 1 December 2025 article 409 expressly covers consensual sex between adults of the same sex, male or female, with at least six months in prison, prosecuted on complaint of a husband or guardian.
2025
TPA 45/2025 apology initiative (Finland) (opens the source in a new tab)
A members' initiative asks for a state apology to people convicted from 1894 to 1971; it has not been adopted.
On 19 March 2025 Marcy Rheintgen, a trans woman, was arrested in a women's restroom at the Capitol complex in Tallahassee and charged with trespass. It is scored under facility access, not Criminalisation.
Federal Decree-Law No. 13 of 2025 (UAE) (opens the source in a new tab)
From 1 December 2025 article 409 expressly covers consensual sex between adults of the same sex, male or female, with at least six months in prison, prosecuted on complaint of a husband or guardian.
2025
Criminal Offences Act 2025 (Gambia), ss. 122 to 124 (opens the source in a new tab)
The new Act replaced the 1934 Code and raised minimum penalties.
2025
Leonela Zelaya y otra v Honduras, IACtHR Serie C No. 568 (opens the source in a new tab)
In October 2025 the Inter-American Court found detentions of a trans woman under the police law arbitrary and based on her gender identity, and ordered Honduras to amend it.
2025
K v Secretary for Environment and Ecology [2025] HKCFI 3170 (opens the source in a new tab)
On 23 July 2025 the Court of First Instance held that regulations fining the use of a public convenience allocated to the opposite sex breached the Basic Law and Bill of Rights, suspending the declaration for twelve…
2025
Penal Code (Act 574) (Malaysia), section 377B (opens the source in a new tab)
On 28 November 2025 police detained 208 people at a Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur venue for investigation under section 377B, and on 29 November 2025 arrested 13 men in Perai, Penang; one was charged under section 377B on 5…
2025
Penal Code (Act 574) (Malaysia), section 377B (opens the source in a new tab)
On 28 November 2025 police detained 208 people at a Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur venue for investigation under section 377B, and on 29 November 2025 arrested 13 men in Perai, Penang; one was charged under section 377B on 5…
Penal Code (Act 574) (Malaysia), section 377B (opens the source in a new tab)
On 28 November 2025 police detained 208 people at a Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur venue for investigation under section 377B, and on 29 November 2025 arrested 13 men in Perai, Penang; one was charged under section 377B on 5…
Penal Code (Act 574) (Malaysia), section 377B (opens the source in a new tab)
On 28 November 2025 police detained 208 people at a Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur venue for investigation under section 377B, and on 29 November 2025 arrested 13 men in Perai, Penang; one was charged under section 377B on 5…
2025
Penal Code (Act 574) (Malaysia), section 377B (opens the source in a new tab)
On 28 November 2025 police detained 208 people at a Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur venue for investigation under section 377B, and on 29 November 2025 arrested 13 men in Perai, Penang; one was charged under section 377B on 5…
2025
Penal Code (Act 574) (Malaysia), section 377B (opens the source in a new tab)
On 28 November 2025 police detained 208 people at a Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur venue for investigation under section 377B, and on 29 November 2025 arrested 13 men in Perai, Penang; one was charged under section 377B on 5…
2025
Syariah Offences (State of Melaka) Enactment 1991, sections 56 to 58 (opens the source in a new tab)
On 31 July 2025 the Melaka Islamic Religious Department and police arrested three men under the liwat and unnatural intercourse sections.
Penal Code (Act 574) (Malaysia), section 377B (opens the source in a new tab)
On 28 November 2025 police detained 208 people at a Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur venue for investigation under section 377B, and on 29 November 2025 arrested 13 men in Perai, Penang; one was charged under section 377B on 5…
2025
Code pénal, outrage public à la pudeur (Niger) (opens the source in a new tab)
Two young women were convicted of public indecency in 2025 for a same-sex relationship.
North Carolina S.B. 274 (2025) (opens the source in a new tab)
A bill to repeal the crime against nature law was filed on 12 March 2025 with no further action.
2025
Penal Code (Act 574) (Malaysia), section 377B (opens the source in a new tab)
On 28 November 2025 police detained 208 people at a Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur venue for investigation under section 377B, and on 29 November 2025 arrested 13 men in Perai, Penang; one was charged under section 377B on 5…
2025
Penal Code (Act 574) (Malaysia), section 377B (opens the source in a new tab)
On 28 November 2025 police detained 208 people at a Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur venue for investigation under section 377B, and on 29 November 2025 arrested 13 men in Perai, Penang; one was charged under section 377B on 5…
2025
Penal Code (Act 574) (Malaysia), section 377B (opens the source in a new tab)
On 28 November 2025 police detained 208 people at a Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur venue for investigation under section 377B, and on 29 November 2025 arrested 13 men in Perai, Penang; one was charged under section 377B on 5…
2025
Penal Code (Act 574) (Malaysia), section 377B (opens the source in a new tab)
On 28 November 2025 police detained 208 people at a Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur venue for investigation under section 377B, and on 29 November 2025 arrested 13 men in Perai, Penang; one was charged under section 377B on 5…
Penal Code (Act 574) (Malaysia), section 377B (opens the source in a new tab)
On 28 November 2025 police detained 208 people at a Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur venue for investigation under section 377B, and on 29 November 2025 arrested 13 men in Perai, Penang; one was charged under section 377B on 5…
Federal Decree-Law No. 13 of 2025 (UAE) (opens the source in a new tab)
From 1 December 2025 article 409 expressly covers consensual sex between adults of the same sex, male or female, with at least six months in prison, prosecuted on complaint of a husband or guardian.
2025
Penal Code (Act 574) (Malaysia), section 377B (opens the source in a new tab)
On 28 November 2025 police detained 208 people at a Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur venue for investigation under section 377B, and on 29 November 2025 arrested 13 men in Perai, Penang; one was charged under section 377B on 5…
2025
Theodule v Attorney General of Saint Lucia, SLUHCV2021/0457 (opens the source in a new tab)
On 29 July 2025 the High Court held sections 132 and 133 unconstitutional for consensual private same-sex activity.
Penal Code (Act 574) (Malaysia), section 377B (opens the source in a new tab)
On 28 November 2025 police detained 208 people at a Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur venue for investigation under section 377B, and on 29 November 2025 arrested 13 men in Perai, Penang; one was charged under section 377B on 5…
Penal Code (Act 574) (Malaysia), section 377B (opens the source in a new tab)
On 28 November 2025 police detained 208 people at a Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur venue for investigation under section 377B, and on 29 November 2025 arrested 13 men in Perai, Penang; one was charged under section 377B on 5…
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