Current Version
| Region | Cuba |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | 1979 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Private, non-commercial sexual relations between same-sex consenting adults 16 and over have been legal in Cuba since 1979. Prior to 1979, a provision in the Social Defense code labeled "homosexual practices" as a "social threat". This prior code did not technically criminalize homosexuality but left LGBT folks in a state of limbo as they were de-facto prosecuted and some even sent to labor camps in post-revolutionary Cuba. |
| Sources | https://theworld.org/stories/2012-06-29/cubas-gay-rights-revolution https://web.archive.org/web/20150721164734/http://www.ilzeearner.com/spring2012/ir702/s9/Obvious%20Gaze%20and%20the%20State%20Gaze%20-%20Mariel%20Boatlift%202007.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20130124161916/http://www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/faqdocs/Cuba-sexual-diversity.pdf |
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edited by PersianArchitecture. Legality of homosexuality in Post-revolutionary Cuba
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| Description | Private, non-commercial sexual relations between same-sex consenting adults 16 and over have been legal in Cuba since 1979. | Private, non-commercial sexual relations between same-sex consenting adults 16 and over have been legal in Cuba since 1979. Prior to 1979, a provision in the Social Defense code labeled "homosexual practices" as a "social threat". This prior code did not technically criminalize homosexuality but left LGBT folks in a state of limbo as they were de-facto prosecuted and some even sent to labor camps in post-revolutionary Cuba. |
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| Sources | https://theworld.org/stories/2012-06-29/cubas-gay-rights-revolution | https://theworld.org/stories/2012-06-29/cubas-gay-rights-revolution https://web.archive.org/web/20150721164734/http://www.ilzeearner.com/spring2012/ir702/s9/Obvious%20Gaze%20and%20the%20State%20Gaze%20-%20Mariel%20Boatlift%202007.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20130124161916/http://www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/faqdocs/Cuba-sexual-diversity.pdf |
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| Start Date | Jun 17, 1997 | 1979 |
| Description | Homosexuality is legal in Cuba since the 17th of June, 1997. | Private, non-commercial sexual relations between same-sex consenting adults 16 and over have been legal in Cuba since 1979. |
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| Sources | http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=242550 | https://theworld.org/stories/2012-06-29/cubas-gay-rights-revolution |
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| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Description | Homosexuality is legal in Cuba since the 17th of June, 1997. |
Reports (2)
- Date is incorrect "Homosexuality has actually been legal per se since 1979"
- Sources are invalid or broken
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | Jun 17, 1997 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | (empty) |
| Sources | http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=242550 |
Reports (3)
- Newer law has been passed "Per https://theworld.org/stories/2012-06-29/cubas-gay-rights-revolution : "Homosexual acts were decriminalized in 1979""
- Status is not correct "It’s illegal being gay in Cuba."
- Date is incorrect "Homosexual intercourse was never criminalized, just public show of homosexual behavior -also called improper conduct-, until enactment of criminal code 1979."