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| Region | Cuba |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Start Date | 1521 |
| End Date | 1936 |
| Description | Prior to the Spanish colonization of Cuba, no laws governed Cuban soil. History of indigenous Tainos may have shown some limited tolerance of "two-spirt" or gender diverse individuals akin to LGBT folks in modern day society, but these links are too thin to draw. The near non-existent archival of Taino culture does not help. In 1521, Cuba was incorporated into New Spain and with it governed from the Viceroyalty based in Mexico City. Cuba was recognized as a province of the Spanish empire, which granted it the same rights as any other province in Peninsular Spain, bearing the brunt of colonial anti-sodomy laws in place at the time. |
| Sources | https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Documents/FichasPais/CUBA_FICHA%20PAIS.pdf https://www.thefreedictionary.com/viceroyalty https://www.thefreedictionary.com/captaincy+general https://www.britannica.com/event/Laws-of-the-Indies https://archive.org/details/elaugeyelocasode0000mada/page/n7/mode/2up |
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Revision History (5)
edited by PersianArchitecture. Changing of Dates
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| End Date | 1979 | 1936 |
edited by PersianArchitecture. Criminilization of homosexuality from Spanish colonization
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Start Date | (unknown) | 1521 |
| Description | Article 303 prohibits homosexual behaviours (punishable by 3 months in prison and/or financial fines) | Prior to the Spanish colonization of Cuba, no laws governed Cuban soil. History of indigenous Tainos may have shown some limited tolerance of "two-spirt" or gender diverse individuals akin to LGBT folks in modern day society, but these links are too thin to draw. The near non-existent archival of Taino culture does not help. In 1521, Cuba was incorporated into New Spain and with it governed from the Viceroyalty based in Mexico City. Cuba was recognized as a province of the Spanish empire, which granted it the same rights as any other province in Peninsular Spain, bearing the brunt of colonial anti-sodomy laws in place at the time. |
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| Sources | http://ruleoflawandcuba.fsu.edu/law-penal-code.cfm | https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Documents/FichasPais/CUBA_FICHA%20PAIS.pdf https://www.thefreedictionary.com/viceroyalty https://www.thefreedictionary.com/captaincy+general https://www.britannica.com/event/Laws-of-the-Indies https://archive.org/details/elaugeyelocasode0000mada/page/n7/mode/2up |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Start Date | Apr 30, 1988 | (unknown) |
| End Date | Jun 17, 1997 | 1979 |
Reports (4)
- Newer law has been passed "Fake news of right wing American politics from an university website war on socialism "
- Date is incorrect "homosexuality was decriminalized in 1979"
- Sources are invalid or broken
- Date is incorrect "Decriminalized in 1979"
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
| Start Date | Apr 30, 1988 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Article 303 prohibits homosexual behaviours (punishable by 3 months in prison and/or financial fines) |
| Sources | http://ruleoflawandcuba.fsu.edu/law-penal-code.cfm |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "The Cuban Penal Code was amended in 1997 so that is no longer applies specifically to same-sex sexual acts or homosexuality."