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Region | Antigua and Barbuda |
Issue | Homosexual activity |
Status | Legal |
Start Date | Jul 5, 2022 |
End Date | now |
Description | The high court of Justice for Antigua and Barbuda ruled that sections of the Penal Code that made consensual same-sex intimacy illegal were unconstitutional, and void, therefore legalizing homosexuality since 2022. |
Sources | https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/07/11/antigua-and-barbuda-high-court-decriminalizes-gay-sex https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2022/july/20220707_PS_repeal_law_LGBTI_antigua_barbuda |
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Description | The court ruled that sections of the Penal Code that made consensual same-sex intimacy illegal were unconstitutional, and void, therefore legalizing homosexuality since 2022. | The high court of Justice for Antigua and Barbuda ruled that sections of the Penal Code that made consensual same-sex intimacy illegal were unconstitutional, and void, therefore legalizing homosexuality since 2022. |
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Description | The court ruled that sections of the Penal Code that made consensual same-sex intimacy illegal were unconstitutional, and therefore void, therefore legalizing homosexuality since 2022. | The court ruled that sections of the Penal Code that made consensual same-sex intimacy illegal were unconstitutional, and void, therefore legalizing homosexuality since 2022. |
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Description | The court ruled that sections of the Penal Code that made consensual same-sex intimacy illegal were unconstitutional, and therefore void, therefore | The court ruled that sections of the Penal Code that made consensual same-sex intimacy illegal were unconstitutional, and therefore void, therefore legalizing homosexuality since 2022. |
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created by LGBT_southeastasian
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Status | Legal |
Start Date | Jul 5, 2022 |
End Date | now |
Description | The court ruled that sections of the Penal Code that made consensual same-sex intimacy illegal were unconstitutional, and therefore void, therefore |
Sources | https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/07/11/antigua-and-barbuda-high-court-decriminalizes-gay-sex https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2022/july/20220707_PS_repeal_law_LGBTI_antigua_barbuda |